咨询：本地修改Terraform provider.go后成功构建的必要操作

Great question! After adding that EFS endpoint configuration to the endpointsSchema function in provider.go, you have two reliable ways to get your modified provider working locally—let’s walk through both, starting with the most straightforward approach.

Recommended: Use make dev (Automated Setup) #

Most Terraform provider repositories include a Makefile with a dev target that handles the heavy lifting for you. Here’s what to do:

• Navigate to the root directory of your Terraform provider repository in your terminal.
• Run the command: make dev
• This command will automatically:
  1. Compile the modified provider code into a binary.
  2. Install the binary to the correct location in your ~/.terraform.d/plugins directory, organized by provider namespace, name, version, and your system’s OS/architecture.
• To ensure Terraform uses your local dev version, set up a dev_overrides block in your ~/.terraformrc file (create it if it doesn’t exist):

  provider_installation {
    dev_overrides {
      "your-namespace/your-provider" = "~/path/to/your/provider/repository"
    }
    direct {}
  }
  

• After running make dev, initialize your test Terraform configuration with terraform init—it should pick up your modified provider automatically.

Manual Build & Installation (For Fine-Grained Control) #

If you prefer to handle each step manually (e.g., for debugging or custom path setups), follow these steps:

1. Build the provider binary:
   In the provider root directory, run:

   go build -o terraform-provider-yourprovider
   

   Replace yourprovider with the actual name of your provider (e.g., aws for the AWS provider).
2. Create the plugin directory:
   Terraform expects plugins in a specific directory structure under ~/.terraform.d/plugins. For a local dev version, create a path like:

   ~/.terraform.d/plugins/local/your-namespace/yourprovider/0.0.1/your_os_your_arch
   

   • Replace your-namespace (e.g., hashicorp), yourprovider, and adjust your_os_your_arch to match your system (e.g., darwin_amd64 for macOS Intel, linux_arm64 for Linux ARM).
3. Move and rename the binary:
   Copy the built binary into the directory you just created, and rename it to follow Terraform’s naming convention:

   mv terraform-provider-yourprovider ~/.terraform.d/plugins/local/your-namespace/yourprovider/0.0.1/your_os_your_arch/terraform-provider-yourprovider_v0.0.1
   

4. Configure Terraform to use the local plugin:
   Use the same dev_overrides approach in ~/.terraformrc as mentioned above, or specify the local source in your provider block:

   provider "yourprovider" {
     source = "local/your-namespace/yourprovider"
     version = "0.0.1"
     # Test your new EFS endpoint parameter here
     efs = "your-test-endpoint-url"
   }
   

5. Run terraform init in your test directory to load the local provider.

Key Notes #

• Every time you modify the provider code, you’ll need to re-run make dev or rebuild/replace the binary to ensure Terraform uses the latest changes.
• Test your changes with a minimal Terraform configuration that uses the new efs parameter—run terraform plan to verify the endpoint is being recognized correctly.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Joseph Wahba