How-To Manage Multiple Projects in Terraform with Crusoe Cloud – Crusoe Support

This article explains how to deploy resources, such as virtual machines (VMs), across multiple projects in Crusoe Cloud using Terraform. It addresses a common requirement for users managing infrastructure across different crusoe projects.

Prerequisites

Make sure you have terraform installed.
Install Crusoe CLI to authenticate.
Ensure you have a valid SSH key to access the deployed VMs.
Retrieve your project IDs using the below command.
```
crusoe projects list
```

Step-by-Step Instructions

Run the command below to list available projects and their project IDs. Select the project_ids where you want to deploy your resources.
```
crusoe projects list
```
The command below lists all the available locations, where your resources will be deployed.
```
crusoe locations list
```
The command below lists all the available images.
```
crusoe compute images list
```
The command below lists all the available VM types to choose from.
```
crusoe compute vms types 
```

Create a file named `main.tf` and copy the following configuration and update the values as per your requirements:

terraform {
    required_providers {
      crusoe = {
        source = "crusoecloud/crusoe"
          version = "0.5.26"
    }
  }
}

locals {
   ssh_key = file("~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub") #replace with path to your public SSH key if different

variable "project_id1" {
   type = string
   default = "YOUR_PROJECT1_ID" #add your project1 id here
}

variable "project_id2" {
   type = string
   default = "YOUR_PROJECT2_ID" #add your project2 id here
}

#creating VM1 in project_id1
resource "crusoe_compute_instance" "vmprojectid1" {
   name = "testproject1vm"
   project_id = var.project_id1
   type = "c1a.2x"
   location = "eu-iceland1-a"
   image = "ubuntu22.04:latest"
   ssh_key = local.ssh_key
}

#creating VM2 in project_id2
resource "crusoe_compute_instance" "vmprojectid2" {
   name = "testproject2vm"
   project_id = var.project_id2
   type = "c1a.2x"
   location = "eu-iceland1-a"
   image = "ubuntu22.04:latest"
   ssh_key = local.ssh_key
}

At the root of your terraform project, run the series of commands below to deploy the resources to multiple projects.
```
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply
```
Terraform will provision the VMs in both projects.

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Prerequisites

Step-by-Step Instructions

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