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I'd really love to be able to build modules in some other language like python, ruby or even javascript just because I am not very fluent yet in Go and its tool

by jfroma 9y ago

I'd really love to be able to build modules in some other language like python, ruby or even javascript just because I am not very fluent yet in Go and its tooling.

charlieegan3 9y ago
The modules are written in HashiCorp configuration language.
- lmickh 9y ago
  You can use json as well, but it is pretty unfriendly for the human users and you lose some of the interpolation.
  - meddlepal 9y ago
    However, very useful if you're code generating Terraform config because there are not a lot of HCL serializer/deserializer libs in existence.
- jfroma 9y ago
  You are right, I should have say "providers" with new "resources" and yes, this new registry is for modules, not providers.
jen20 9y ago
If you want to build custom Terraform providers _without_ using Go, this is actually on the cards now: as of `hashicorp/go-plugin#fa4a2a351`, plugins can use gRPC to communicate with the core of Terraform. I don't know if anyone has implemented the primitives for building providers in another language, but it's now possible without too much pain. [1]: https://github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin/commit/fa4a2a351f33b106d320ffadd69184504e040384 https://github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin/commit/fa4a2a351f33b1...