Dedicated Servers in Terraform

Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool for cloud or dedicated servers from HashiCorp. Your infrastructure and its components are described using HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) in configuration files with the .tf extension. Learn more about the tool in the What is Terraform? article in the HashiCorp documentation.

Terraform manages infrastructure using providers, which are special plugins that interact with the APIs of services and platforms.

Dedicated servers are managed using the Selectel provider, which provides the selectel_dedicated_server_v1 resource. Learn more about managing resources in the Managing Terraform Resources.

To install Terraform and configure the Selectel provider, use the Terraform Quick Start guide. When working with dedicated servers via Terraform, please note the features of managing dedicated servers. View examples of creating infrastructure in the Dedicated Servers section of the Terraform documentation.

Specifics of managing dedicated servers in Terraform

Ordering a server	you can only order prebuilt configuration servers; if you need to assign a public IP address to a server, add public dedicated IP addresses in the Control Panel beforehand; assigning a private IP address to a server can only be done in the Control Panel; if you need an SSH key on the server, add it to the SSH key repository in the Control Panel beforehand
Server upgrade	you cannot order an upgrade for a prebuilt configuration server via Terraform
OS autoinstallation	automatic OS installation is only available for prebuilt configuration servers without an upgrade; automatic OS installation will remove data from all disks
Canceling a server and resuming service	after canceling a dedicated server, the server will remain active until the end of the paid period; you cannot resume service via Terraform. You can resume server rental in the Control Panel: in the top menu, click Products → Dedicated Servers → server page → in the menu, select Resume server rental. After resuming the service, import the server into Terraform