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Configures Terraform CLI with developer overrides to test locally built provider binaries without full Go acceptance tests, enabling rapid plan/apply cycles.

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dev-overrides

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Prerequisites

  • You must have successfully compiled a local provider binary using the generate-provider skill.
  • You need a directory containing the .tf configuration you want to test.

Execution Steps

1. Verification

Ensure the provider binaries exist in the expected output paths.

Verify Built Binaries

# Verify the binaries were built (modify paths as necessary based on your host OS)
ls -lh $GOPATH/bin/terraform-provider-google*

2. The Core Commands

Create a .terraformrc file referencing the local binaries and invoke Terraform with it.

Setup Overrides and Test

# 1. Create the dev override file dynamically
cat << EOF > /tmp/tf-dev-override.tfrc
provider_installation {
  dev_overrides {
      "hashicorp/google"      = "${GOPATH}/bin"
      "hashicorp/google-beta" = "${GOPATH}/bin"
  }
  direct {}
}
EOF

# 2. Navigate to your test directory and run terraform using the override
# cd /path/to/test-directory
TF_CLI_CONFIG_FILE="/tmp/tf-dev-override.tfrc" terraform plan
# TF_CLI_CONFIG_FILE="/tmp/tf-dev-override.tfrc" terraform apply -auto-approve

3. Verification & Handoff

  • Verify Terraform warns that "Provider development overrides are in effect."
  • Once the behavior is validated via plan/apply outputs, proceed to write the formal Go acceptance tests.