Quickstart with Terraform

In this quickstart tutorial, you'll create an Inventory Management System app using Terraform. Follow the steps below to get started.

Prerequisite

You'll need a Tailor account to start using the Tailor Platform. Contact us here to get started.

Install Tailor CLI

tailorctl is a command-line utility that enables you to interact with the Tailor Platform, from creating your workspace to deploying applications. To install tailorctl, run the following command.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">brew</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">install</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">tailor-platform/tap/tailorctl</span></span>
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Install Terraform

Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code tool designed to help you create, modify, and manage infrastructure securely and effectively. You can see the Tailor Platform Provider documentation here.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">brew</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">install</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">hashicorp/tap/terraform</span></span>
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1. Log in to the Tailor Platform with SSO.

Run the following command to log in to the Tailor Platform using your account information:

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">tailorctl</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">auth</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">login</span></span>
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Once you run this command, your browser will open and you'll be prompted to log in to the Tailor Platform with your SSO account. Please sign in with your email address and password. Your initial password has been sent to you upon account creation. If you haven't received it, please check your spam folder or contact us for assistance.

2. Clone our app templates

Tailor provides a template of the application. Clone the templates repo.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">git</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">clone</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">git@github.com:tailor-platform/templates.git</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">cd</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">templates/docs/sample-inventory-management</span></span>
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3. Create a workspace in Tailor Platform

To build your app with Tailor Platform, start by creating a workspace on the platform.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-comment)"># Replace `{WORKSPACE_NAME}` with the desired values.</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">tailorctl</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">workspace</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">create</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">--name</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">{WORKSPACE_NAME}</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">--region</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">us-west</span></span>
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4. Initialize app configuration

Run the following command to prepare your Terraform working directory by configuring the backend and installing providers.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">terraform</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">init</span></span>
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5. Deploy the app

Run the following commands to apply the configuration, then enter the workspace ID from step 3 to deploy the app.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-comment)"># Get the workspace ID  </span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">tailorctl</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">workspace</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">describe</span></span>
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<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-comment)"># Apply configuration</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">terraform</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">apply</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span></span>
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6. Confirm the deployed app

Open the GraphQL Playground for the application using the following command. The GraphQL Playground allows you to run GraphQL queries to Tailor Platform services.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-comment)"># The `-n` flag specifies the application name. In this quickstart, the default name is `ims`.</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">tailorctl</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">workspace</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">app</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">open</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">-n</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">ims</span></span>
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7. Get the access token to use the GraphQL API in the playground

To get an access token to use the GraphQL API in the playground, run the following command.

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-function)">tailorctl</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">workspace</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">machineuser</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">token</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">-a</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">ims</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">-m</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string)">admin-machine-user</span></span>
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In this case, we use the admin-machine-user machine user which is predefined in this template to get the access token. Once you get an access token, you can use it in the playground to run queries.
Please set the token in the Headers section of the playground as follows:

<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">{</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">  </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-keyword)">&quot;Authorization&quot;</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-punctuation)">:</span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)"> </span><span style="color: var(--shiki-token-string-expression)">&quot;bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}&quot;</span></span>
<span><span style="color: var(--shiki-color-text)">}</span></span>
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Further information

Congratulations on creating your first app in the Tailor Platform! Here are some next steps to help you continue learning: