Hey, I want to run terraform scripts in multiple docker containers parallelly. Can anyone of you suggest to me how to do that? I tried through docker-compose & Dockerfile but docker terraform images don’t support /bin/sh.

I think you’ll have to explain in more detail what you’re trying to do, if you want a useful answer. Currently so much is unsaid, I don’t really have any idea what your goal is.

so my goal is to execute the multiple containers containing the terraform file with one command. Like, I am able to execute the terraform files individually in a separate docker container. Now, I want to run them parallelly which I am unable to do.

You don’t “run” individual Terraform files, you just run Terraform against root modules. Each root module has its own separate state (either a local file or something remote such as an S3 bucket). So you can restructure your code into multiple root modules, each with a separate state, and then they…

Take a scenario there are terraform1 folder and terraform2 folder and each folder contains terraform configuration files. Now, I want to run these two in the docker container parallelly, which I cannot do. I made Dockerfile for both folders and converted it to an image now if going to run them paral…

Normally, we know we can achieve parallel execution of terraform configuration files in a separate folder either through Python or scripting or terragrunt. But, how to achieve it through docker

You haven’t included the Dockerfile you are trying to use or much in the way of details, but you can include anything you want in your Docker image. For example you can create a Dockerfile based on Debian and then install Python, Terragrunt, Terraform, etc. as needed and/or include a shell script th…

From hashicorp/terraform:1.5.0 WORKDIR /terraform1 COPY . /terraform1 CMD [“/bin/sh”,“-c”,“terraform init; terraform plan; terraform apply”] My Dockerfile for one of the folder. version: ‘3.8’ services: terraform1: build: context: ./terraform1 dockerfile: Dockerfile volumes: - ./terrafor…

My suggestion: Stop using Docker here - just run Terraform directly. Layer of complexity removed, and problem solved.

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maxb June 26, 2023, 1:06pm 4

I am unable to follow your explanations. Possibly have a read through Guide to asking for help in this forum

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