terraform-hcl.md

Terraform HCL

In this setup, we'll utilize the main.tf Terraform HCL file to handle creating the resources we need.

1. Install Terraform CLI

2. Install Localstack Terraform provider with pip

   pip install terraform-local

3. Initialize Localstack Terraform provider (tflocal) and apply resources

   • tflocal init
     tflocal apply

   • Make note of the API Gateway ID that is output in your terminal after running tflocal apply, you'll need it to query your API Gateway endpoint. Example:

      aws_api_gateway_rest_api.api: Creation complete after 1s [id=1ltvwqpuju]
   

   • This will initialize the Terraform provider, build and package your lambda, and apply the resources defined in the main.tf file
   • NOTE: The tflocal commands are functionally identical to the terraform commands, but they will automatically configure the AWS provider to use localstack

4. Query your API Gateway endpoint!