Tools

• tfenv

  • We don’t recommend installing Terraform globally rather, we are big fans of tfenv.
  • We also recommend you use a .terraform-version file in your project’s root.
  • This is useful when you’re testing TF upgrades. Though this is less of a problem today with HashiCorp’s v1.x Compatiability Promises if you’re lucky enough to be using Terraform 1.x.x

• pre-commit-terraform

  • Your uses case may be different than ours, see here for available hooks.

  • For what it’s worth, most of our projects have terraform_fmt, terraform_lint and terraform_validate.

  • Some projects also require terraform_tfsec, terrascan and terraform_docs

    • I have a .terraform-docs.yml configuration like so:

    settings:
      html: false
      anchor: false
    formatter: "markdown table"
    

• If you use Visual Studio Code, the Terraform Plugin is highly recommended.