tfupdate

Features

Update version constraints of Terraform core, providers, and modules
Update all your Terraform configurations recursively under a given directory
Get the latest release version from the GitHub, GitLab, or Terraform Registry
Terraform v0.12+ support

If you integrate tfupdate with your favorite CI or job scheduler, you can check the latest release daily and create a Pull Request automatically.

Why?

It is a best practice to break your Terraform configuration and state into small pieces to minimize the impact of an accident. It is also recommended to lock versions of Terraform core, providers and modules to avoid unexpected breaking changes. If you decided to lock version constraints, you probably want to keep them up-to-date frequently to reduce the risk of version upgrade failures. It's easy to update a single directory, but what if they are scattered across multiple directories?

That is why I wrote a tool which parses Terraform configurations and updates all version constraints at once.

Install

Homebrew

If you are macOS user:

$ brew install minamijoyo/tfupdate/tfupdate

Download

Download the latest compiled binaries and put it anywhere in your executable path.

https://github.com/minamijoyo/tfupdate/releases

Source

If you have Go 1.17+ development environment:

$ git clone https://github.com/minamijoyo/tfupdate
$ cd tfupdate/
$ make install
$ tfupdate --version

Docker

You can also run it with Docker:

$ docker run -it --rm minamijoyo/tfupdate --version

Usage

tfupdate --help
Usage: tfupdate [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]

Available commands are:
    module       Update version constraints for module
    provider     Update version constraints for provider
    release      Get release version information
    terraform    Update version constraints for terraform

terraform

$ tfupdate terraform --help
Usage: tfupdate terraform [options] <PATH>

Arguments
  PATH               A path of file or directory to update

Options:
  -v  --version      A new version constraint (default: latest)
                     If the version is omitted, the latest version is automatically checked and set.
  -r  --recursive    Check a directory recursively (default: false)
  -i  --ignore-path  A regular expression for path to ignore
                     If you want to ignore multiple directories, set the flag multiple times.

If you have main.tf like the following:

$ cat main.tf
terraform {
  required_version = "0.12.15"
}

Execute the following command:

$ tfupdate terraform -v 0.12.16 main.tf

$ cat main.tf
terraform {
  required_version = "0.12.16"
}

If you want to update all your Terraform configurations under the current directory recursively, use -r (--recursive) option:

$ tfupdate terraform -v 0.12.16 -r ./

You can also ignore some path patterns with -i (--ignore-path) option:

$ tfupdate terraform -v 0.12.16 -i modules/ -r ./

If the version is omitted, the latest version is automatically checked and set.

$ tfupdate terraform -r ./

provider

$ tfupdate provider --help
Usage: tfupdate provider [options] <PROVIDER_NAME> <PATH>

Arguments
  PROVIDER_NAME      A name of provider (e.g. aws, google, azurerm)
  PATH               A path of file or directory to update

Options:
  -v  --version      A new version constraint (default: latest)
                     If the version is omitted, the latest version is automatically checked and set.
                     Getting the latest version automatically is supported only for official providers.
                     If you have an unofficial provider, use release latest command.
  -r  --recursive    Check a directory recursively (default: false)
  -i  --ignore-path  A regular expression for path to ignore
                     If you want to ignore multiple directories, set the flag multiple times.

$ cat main.tf
provider "aws" {
  version = "2.39.0"
}

$ tfupdate provider aws -v 2.40.0 main.tf

$ cat main.tf
provider "aws" {
  version = "2.40.0"
}

module

$ tfupdate module --help
Usage: tfupdate module [options] <MODULE_NAME> <PATH>

Arguments
  MODULE_NAME        A name of module
                     e.g.
                       terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws
                       git::https://example.com/vpc.git
  PATH               A path of file or directory to update

Options:
  -v  --version      A new version constraint (required)
                     Automatic latest version resolution is not currently supported for modules.
  -r  --recursive    Check a directory recursively (default: false)
  -i  --ignore-path  A regular expression for path to ignore
                     If you want to ignore multiple directories, set the flag multiple times.

$ cat main.tf
module "vpc" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  version = "2.20.0"
}

$ tfupdate module -v 2.21.0 terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws main.tf

$ cat main.tf
module "vpc" {
  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  version = "2.21.0"
}

release

$ tfupdate release --help
Usage: tfupdate release <subcommand> [options] [args]

  This command has subcommands for release version information.

Subcommands:
    latest    Get the latest release version
    list      Get a list of release versions

$ tfupdate release latest --help
Usage: tfupdate release latest [options] <SOURCE>

Arguments
  SOURCE             A path of release data source.
                     Valid format depends on --source-type option.
                       - github or gitlab:
                         owner/repo
                         e.g. terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws
                      - tfregistryModule
                         namespace/name/provider
                         e.g. terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws
                      - tfregistryProvider (experimental)
                         namespace/type
                         e.g. hashicorp/aws

Options:
  -s  --source-type  A type of release data source.
                     Valid values are
                       - github (default)
                       - gitlab
                       - tfregistryModule
                       - tfregistryProvider (experimental)

$ tfupdate release latest terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws
2.40.0

If you want to access private repositories on GitHub, export your access token to the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.

If you want to access public or private repositories on GitLab, export your access token with api permissions to the GITLAB_TOKEN environment variable. If you are using an instance that is not https://gitlab.com, set the correct base URL to the GITLAB_BASE_URL environment variable (defaults to https://gitlab.com/api/v4/).

$ tfupdate release list --help
Usage: tfupdate release list [options] <SOURCE>

Arguments
  SOURCE             A path of release data source.
                     Valid format depends on --source-type option.
                       - github or gitlab:
                         owner/repo
                         e.g. terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws
                      - tfregistryModule
                         namespace/name/provider
                         e.g. terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws
                      - tfregistryProvider (experimental)
                         namespace/type
                         e.g. hashicorp/aws

Options:
  -s  --source-type  A type of release data source.
                     Valid values are
                       - github (default)
                       - gitlab
                       - tfregistryModule
                       - tfregistryProvider (experimental)

  -n  --max-length   The maximum length of list.

$ tfupdate release list -n 5 hashicorp/terraform
0.12.17
0.12.18
0.12.19
0.12.20
0.12.21

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