Create bulk of VRA deployments with VRA

 How can you deploy bulk of VRA deployments with the minimum effort , the answer will be Terraform 

terraform {

  required_providers {

    vra = {

      source  = "vmware/vra"

      version = "0.5.1"

    }

  }

}

provider "vra" {

  url           = "https://YourVraURL"

# I will explain to you how to get the refresh token in another page

  refresh_token = ""

  insecure      = "false"

}

resource "vra_deployment" "Test_deployment" {

  count = 10

  name  = "Terraform - MAIB.${count.index}"

  #name        = "Terraform - MAIB100"

  description = "Deployment description"

# You can get this information from the service broker page 

# The catalog_item_id you can get it from the URL  

#https://ABC.COM/catalog/#/library/55dc45e8-ba3f-378b-b900-c16a556f7a55

#The project ID can be gotten from the infrastructure and choose the projects and get teh project ID from the URL

#https://ABC.COM/automation-ui/#/provisioning-ui;ash=%2Fprojects%2Fedit%2Fd6437f49-ebf6-41eb-821c-13cabb509fc0

  catalog_item_id      = "55dc45e8-ba3f-378b-b900-c16a556f7a55"

  catalog_item_version = "2021.08.25-01"

  project_id           = "d6437f49-ebf6-41eb-821c-13cabb509fc0"

  

# This inputs will be changable from one customer to another 

  inputs = {

    t_shirt_size    = "small",

    deployment_name = "Terraform - MAIB.${count.index}"

    image              = "Windows 2019"

    Backup             = "No Backup"

    #Patching_Method    = "Automated monthly patching"

    #Patching_Week      = "Fourth"

    #Patching_Day       = "Sunday"

    #Patching_Timeframe = "13:00 - 15:00"

  }

  timeouts {

    create = "30m"

    delete = "30m"

    update = "30m"

  }

# I am using this part because we are migrating from NSX-V to NSX-T and the cloud zone is changed after the migration.

    lifecycle {

    ignore_changes = [

      catalog_item_id,

      catalog_item_version,

      inputs

    ]

  }

}