HOWTOS.md

How to...

...create a new resource?

NOTE: You do not have to specify all the attributes when creating a new resource. If you don't, defaults as defined by the GitHub Provider will be used. The next Sync will fill out the remaining attributes in the YAML configuration file.

NOTE: When creating a new resource, you can specify all the attributes that the resource supports even if changes to them are ignored. If you do specify attributes to which changes are ignored, their values are going to be applied during creation but a future Sync will remove them from YAML configuration file.

• Add a new entry to the YAML configuration file - see EXAMPLE.yml for inspiration
• Follow How to apply GitHub Management changes to GitHub? to create your newly added resource

Example

I want to invite galargh as an admin to protocol organization through GitHub Management.

I ensure the YAML configuration file has the following entry:

members:
  admin:
    - galargh

I push my changes to a new branch and create a PR. An admin reviews the PR and merges it if everything looks OK.

...modify an existing resource?

• Change the value of an attribute in the YAML configuration file - see EXAMPLE.yml for inspiration
• Follow How to apply GitHub Management changes to GitHub? to create your newly added resource

Example

I want to demote galargh from being an admin of protocol organization to a regular member through GitHub Management.

I change the entry for galargh in the YAML configuration file from:

members:
  admin:
    - galargh

to:

members:
  member:
    - galargh

I push my changes to a new branch and create a PR. An admin reviews the PR and merges it if everything looks OK.

...start managing new resource type with GitHub Management?

• Add one of the supported resources names to the resource_types array in terraform/locals_override.tf
• Follow How to synchronize GitHub Management with GitHub? while using the branch with your changes as a target to import all the resources you want to manage for the organization

Example

I want to be able to configure who the member of the protocol organization is through GitHub Management.

I add github_membership to resource_types array in terraform/locals_override.tf. I push my changes to a new branch and create a PR. An admin reviews the PR, synchronizes my branch with GitHub configuration and merges the PR if everything looks OK.

...start managing new resource attribute through GitHub Management?

• If it doesn't exist yet, create an entry for the resource in terraform/resources_override.tf and copy the lifecycle.ignore_changes block from the corresponding resource in terraform/resources.tf
• Comment out the attribute you want to start managing through GitHub Management in terraform/resources_override.tf
• Follow How to synchronize GitHub Management with GitHub? while using the branch with your changes as a target to import all the resources you want to manage for the organization

Example

I want to be able to configure the roles of protocol organization members through GitHub Management.

I ensure that terraform/resources_override.tf contains the following entry (notice the commented out role in ignore_changes list):

resource "github_membership" "this" {
  lifecycle {
    # @resources.membership.ignore_changes
    ignore_changes = [
      etag,
      id,
      # role
    ]
  }
}

I push my changes to a new branch and create a PR. An admin reviews the PR, synchronizes my branch with GitHub configuration and merges the PR if everything looks OK.

...apply GitHub Management changes to GitHub?

• Create a pull request from the branch to the default branch
• Merge the pull request once the Plan check passes and you verify the plan posted as a comment
• Confirm that the Apply GitHub Action workflow run applied the plan by inspecting the output

...synchronize GitHub Management with GitHub?

NOTE: Remember that the Sync operation modifes terraform state. Even if you run it from a branch, it modifies the global state that is shared with other branches. There is only one terraform state per organization.

NOTE: If you run the Sync from an unprotected branch, then the workflow will commit changes to it directly.

• Run Sync GitHub Action workflow from your desired branch - this will import all the resources from the actual GitHub configuration state into GitHub Management
• Merge the pull request that the workflow created once the Plan check passes and you verify the plan posted as a comment - the plan should not contain any changes

...upgrade GitHub Management?

• Run Upgrade GitHub Action workflow
• Merge the pull request that the workflow created once the Plan check passes and you verify the plan posted as a comment - the plan should not contain any changes

...remove resources from GitHub Management state?

• Run Clean GitHub Action workflow with a chosen regex
• Follow How to synchronize GitHub Management with GitHub?