Terraform Provider Awscc

Abstract

1. Introduction

The Terraform AWS Cloud Control Provider is a plugin for Terraform that allows for the full lifecycle management of AWS resources using the AWS CloudFormation Cloud Control API. This provider is maintained internally by the HashiCorp AWS Provider team.

The AWS Cloud Control API is a lightweight proxy API to discover, provision and manage cloud resources through a simple, uniform and predictable control plane. The AWS Cloud Control API supports Create, Read, Update, Delete and List (CRUDL) operations on any AWS resource that is registered in the AWS CloudFormation registry.

At launch a subset of AWS resources which can be managed by CloudFormation are supported, some services use an older CloudFormation schema and cannot be used with Cloud Control. AWS are updating all of the older CloudFormation schemas to conform to the new standard, and are actively pursuing full coverage for CloudFormation. For the latest coverage information please refer to the AWS CloudFormation public roadmap.

2. Objective

Terraform AWS Cloud Control provider

This project demonstrates how HCL, AWS, Terraform can be applied to a real-world Blockchain & Cloud Computing problem.

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Terraform CLI
• Cloud provider account (e.g. AWS) with CLI configured
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-awscc.git
cd terraform-provider-awscc

1. Using the Provider
2. Provider development

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• Deploy to a public test network or cloud free tier
• Add monitoring and cost alerts

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Why does this problem need a blockchain or cloud-native design?
2. Explain the smart contract / infrastructure components and how they interact.
3. How are gas costs or cloud costs kept under control?
4. How is the system secured (keys, IAM, access control)?
5. How would the solution scale to many more users?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by hashicorp and published on GitHub under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.