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checkpoint | ||
errors | ||
fs | ||
internal | ||
product | ||
releases | ||
src | ||
.go-version | ||
.goreleaser.yml | ||
installer.go | ||
LICENSE | ||
README.md |
hc-install
An experimental Go module for downloading or locating HashiCorp binaries, verifying signatures and checksums, and asserting version constraints.
This module is a successor to tfinstall, available in pre-1.0 versions of terraform-exec. Current users of tfinstall are advised to move to hc-install before upgrading terraform-exec to v1.0.0.
hc-install is not a package manager
This library is intended for use within Go programs or automated environments (such as CIs) which have some business downloading or otherwise locating HashiCorp binaries.
The included command-line utility, hc-install
, is a convenient way of using
the library in ad-hoc or CI shell scripting outside of Go.
hc-install
does not:
- Determine suitable installation path based on target system. e.g. in
/usr/bin
or/usr/local/bin
on Unix based system. - Deal with execution of installed binaries (via service files or otherwise).
- Upgrade existing binaries on your system.
- Add nor link downloaded binaries to your
$PATH
.
API
The Installer
offers a few high-level methods:
Ensure(context.Context, []src.Source)
to find, install, or build a product versionInstall(context.Context, []src.Installable)
to install a product version
Sources
The Installer
methods accept number of different Source
types.
Each comes with different trade-offs described below.
fs.{AnyVersion,ExactVersion}
- Finds a binary in$PATH
(or additional paths)- Pros:
- This is most convenient when you already have the product installed on your system which you already manage.
- Cons:
- Only relies on a single version, expects you to manage the installation
- Not recommended for any environment where product installation is not controlled or managed by you (e.g. default GitHub Actions image managed by GitHub)
- Pros:
releases.{LatestVersion,ExactVersion}
- Downloads, verifies & installs any known product fromreleases.hashicorp.com
- Pros:
- Fast and reliable way of obtaining any pre-built version of any product
- Cons:
- Installation may consume some bandwith, disk space and a little time
- Potentially less stable builds (see
checkpoint
below)
- Pros:
checkpoint.{LatestVersion}
- Downloads, verifies & installs any known product available in HashiCorp Checkpoint- Pros:
- Checkpoint typically contains only product versions considered stable
- Cons:
- Installation may consume some bandwith, disk space and a little time
- Currently doesn't allow installation of a old versions (see
releases
above)
- Pros:
build.{GitRevision}
- Clones raw source code and builds the product from it- Pros:
- Useful for catching bugs and incompatibilities as early as possible (prior to product release).
- Cons:
- Building from scratch can consume significant amount of time & resources (CPU, memory, bandwith, disk space)
- There are no guarantees that build instructions will always be up-to-date
- There's increased likelihood of build containing bugs prior to release
- Any CI builds relying on this are likely to be fragile
- Pros:
Example Usage
Install single version
TODO
Find or install single version
i := NewInstaller()
v0_14_0 := version.Must(version.NewVersion("0.14.0"))
execPath, err := i.Ensure(context.Background(), []src.Source{
&fs.ExactVersion{
Product: product.Terraform,
Version: v0_14_0,
},
&releases.ExactVersion{
Product: product.Terraform,
Version: v0_14_0,
},
})
if err != nil {
// process err
}
// run any tests
defer i.Remove()
Install multiple versions
TODO
Install and build multiple versions
i := NewInstaller()
vc, _ := version.NewConstraint(">= 0.12")
rv := &releases.Versions{
Product: product.Terraform,
Constraints: vc,
}
versions, err := rv.List(context.Background())
if err != nil {
return err
}
versions = append(versions, &build.GitRevision{Ref: "HEAD"})
for _, installableVersion := range versions {
execPath, err := i.Ensure(context.Background(), []src.Source{
installableVersion,
})
if err != nil {
return err
}
// Do some testing here
_ = execPath
// clean up
os.Remove(execPath)
}