devops-maintainability-checker

Testing & Quality

Infrastructure maintainability verification covering naming conventions, formatting, DRY patterns, and version constraints.

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DevOps Maintainability Checker

Verify infrastructure code follows maintainable patterns.

Maintainability Checklist

Check	Good	Bad
Resource naming	Consistent `${project}-${env}-${type}`	Random or inconsistent
Variable naming	Descriptive with defaults	Cryptic, no descriptions
Code formatting	`tofu fmt` passes	Inconsistent indentation
DRY principle	Locals for repeated values	Hardcoded values repeated
Version constraints	Pinned `~> X.Y`	Unpinned or exact versions

Verification Commands

# Format check
tofu fmt -check -recursive 2>&1 || echo "FAIL: Needs formatting"

# Variable descriptions
grep -L "description" variables.tf && echo "WARN: Variables missing descriptions"

# Locals usage (should have some)
grep -c "local\." *.tf | awk -F: '$2 < 3 {print "WARN: Underusing locals in "$1}'

# Hardcoded values (potential DRY violations)
grep -E '^\s+(region|zone|size)\s*=\s*"[^$]' *.tf

# Provider version constraints
grep -E "version\s*=\s*\"[0-9]" *.tf | grep -v "~>" && echo "WARN: Exact versions, use ~>"

Naming Conventions

Resource Names:

# GOOD
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
  tags = {
    Name = "${var.project}-${var.environment}-web"
  }
}

# BAD
resource "aws_instance" "instance1" {
  tags = {
    Name = "my-server"
  }
}

Variable Names:

# GOOD
variable "database_instance_class" {
  description = "RDS instance class for the database"
  type        = string
  default     = "db.t3.micro"
}

# BAD
variable "db_class" {
  type = string
}

DRY Patterns

Use Locals:

locals {
  common_tags = {
    Project     = var.project
    Environment = var.environment
    ManagedBy   = "terraform"
  }
  name_prefix = "${var.project}-${var.environment}"
}

resource "aws_instance" "web" {
  tags = merge(local.common_tags, {
    Name = "${local.name_prefix}-web"
  })
}

Avoid Repetition:

# BAD - hardcoded everywhere
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
  tags = { Project = "myapp", Environment = "prod" }
}
resource "aws_instance" "api" {
  tags = { Project = "myapp", Environment = "prod" }
}

# GOOD - use locals
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
  tags = local.common_tags
}

Version Constraints

# GOOD - allows patch updates
terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
  }
}

# BAD - exact version (breaks updates)
version = "5.31.0"

# BAD - no constraint (unpredictable)
version = ">= 5.0"

Report Format

MAINTAINABILITY SCORE: X/10

Formatting: PASS/FAIL
Variable Descriptions: X/Y documented
Locals Usage: GOOD/UNDERUSED
Naming Consistency: CONSISTENT/INCONSISTENT
Version Constraints: PROPER/NEEDS FIX

Issues Found:
- [ ] Run `tofu fmt -recursive`
- [ ] Add descriptions to variables: X, Y, Z
- [ ] Extract repeated value "us-east-1" to local
- [ ] Change exact version to ~> constraint