Terraform for Site24x7

Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code tool that helps to create, edit, and manage cloud resources easily and efficiently. You can use Terraform to manage your Site24x7 resources through code by following some simple steps. You can add, update, or delete your resources, and handle administration-related updates in Site24x7 using Terraform.

Benefits of using Terraform
Supported resources in Site24x7
How to add Site24x7 resources using Terraform

Benefits of using Terraform

Ensure error-free deployments
Handle heterogeneous cloud deployments for fault tolerance
Collaborate, obtain specific versions, and create your own environment
Spawn and remove testing environments easily
Improve deployment speeds
Build, version, or change infrastructure safely and efficiently
Trace and correct configuration-level issues

Supported resources in Site24x7

You can create, edit, or delete the following resources in Site24x7 by using Terraform:

How to add Site24x7 resources using Terraform

Bootstrap Terraform and the Site24x7 provider

Add the content below to your Terraform configuration file to bootstrap Terraform and the Site24x7 provider.

terraform {
required_version = "~> 0.15.0"
required_providers {
site24x7 = {
source = "site24x7/site24x7"
version = "1.0.10"
}
}
}

Set your Site24x7 OAuth credentials in the bash environment

You need to export your Site24x7 OAuth credentials before applying your configuration. To do so, execute the following shell commands:

$ export
SITE24X7_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID=""
$ export
SITE24X7_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET=""
$ export
SITE24X7_OAUTH2_REFRESH_TOKEN=""

Configuring the Site24x7 provider in Terraform

You can use the following command to configure Site24x7 as a provider in Terraform:

provider "site24x7" {
data_center = "US"
retry_min_wait = 1
retry_max_wait = 30
max_retries = 4
}

data_center
Specify the data center for your account accordingly. For example, if your data center is in the United States, then your value will be data_center="US".

Region	Data center
United States (.com)	US
European Union (.eu)	EU
India (.in)	IN
Australia (.au)	AU
China (.cn)	CN

oauth2_client_id
The client ID will be looked up in the SITE24X7_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID environment variable if the attribute is empty.

oauth2_client_secret
The client secret will be looked up in the SITE24X7_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET environment variable if the attribute is empty.

oauth2_refresh_token
The refresh token will be looked up in the SITE24X7_OAUTH2_REFRESH_TOKEN environment variable if the attribute is empty.

retry_min_wait
Specify the minimum wait time in seconds before retrying the failed Site24x7 API requests.

retry_max_wait
Specify the maximum wait time in seconds before retrying the failed Site24x7 API requests.

max_retries
Specify the maximum number of Site24x7 API request retries to be performed before aborting the action.

Creating a website resource

By creating monitors in Site24x7, you can track the performance and metrics of your websites, infrastructure, and network devices.

For instance, to create a website monitor for your environment, you can paste the configuration below into your Terraform file:

{

display_name = "Example Monitor"
website = "https://www.example.com"
check_frequency = "1"
location_profile_name = "North America"

}

The display name is the name you have to provide for your website monitor.
The website is the URL that needs to be monitored.
Check frequency stands for the frequency at which the polling should be conducted.
The location profile is the location from where you'd like to monitor your resources. You can specify either location_profile_id or location_profile_name. If neither is specified, the first profile returned by the /api/location_profiles endpoint (https://www.site24x7.com/help/api/#list-of-all-location-profiles) will be used.

Applying the configuration in Terraform

You can execute the command terraform init to initialize the provider, and then execute terraform apply to apply the configuration defined in your Terraform file. Terraform will perform the following actions:

# site24x7_website_monitor.website_monitor_example will be created
+ resource "site24x7_website_monitor"
"website_monitor_example" {
+ check_frequency = "1"
+ display_name = "Example Monitor"
+ http_method = "G"
+ id = (will be known after applying)
+ location_profile_id = (will be known after applying)
+ location_profile_name = "North America"
+ match_regex_severity = 2
+ matching_keyword_severity = 2
+ notification_profile_id = (will be known after applying)
+ response_headers_severity = 2
+ tag_ids = (will be known after applying)
+ threshold_profile_id = (will be known after applying)
+ timeout = 10
+ unmatching_keyword_severity = 2
+ use_name_server = true
+ user_group_ids = (will be known after applying)
+ website = "https://www.example.com"
}
Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

Do you want to perform these actions?
Terraform will perform the actions described above.
Only 'yes' will be accepted to approve.

Enter a value: yes
site24x7_website_monitor.website_monitor_example: Creating...
site24x7_website_monitor.website_monitor_example: Creation complete after 4s [id=306947000028195005]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Terraform will create the website monitor but change nothing else. Every Terraform apply configuration compares your template to the state of the resources that Terraform has handled previously. If this is the first Terraform configuration you're applying, it won't make any changes to the existing configurations.

View the newly created monitor in Site24x7 by logging in to Site24x7 and navigating to Home > Monitors. Then, choose the monitor of your preference.

website monitor

To import monitors and generate configurations, navigate to Github.

Please feel free to request support for features of your preference at Github or on the Site24x7 community forum.