How to for_each through a list(objects) in Terraform 0.12

Question

I need to deploy a list of GCP compute instances. How do I loop for_each through the "vms" in a list of objects like this:

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Answer 1

From Terraform 0.12, you can use the for_each with modules like the following:

modules/google_compute_instance/variables.tf

variable "hosts" {
    type = map(object({
        hostname        = string
        cpu             = number
        ram             = number
        hdd             = number
        log_drive       = number
        template        = string 
        service_types   = list(string)
      }))
    }

modules/google_compute_instance/main.tf

resource "google_compute_instance" "gcp_instance" {
  for_each = var.hosts

  hostname      = each.value.repository_name
  cpu           = each.value.cpu
  ram           = each.value.ram
  hdd           = each.value.hdd
  log_drive     = each.value.log_drive
  template      = each.value.template
  service_types = each.value.service_types
}

servers.tf

module "gcp_instances" {
    source = ./modules/google_compute_instance"

    hosts = {
        "test1-srfe" = {
            hostname        = "test1-srfe",
            cpu             = 1,
            ram             = 4,
            hdd             = 15,
            log_drive       = 300,
            template        = "Template-New",
            service_types   = ["sql", "db01", "db02"]
        },
        "test1-second" = {
            hostname        = "test1-second",
            cpu             = 1,
            ram             = 4,
            hdd             = 15,
            log_drive       = 300,
            template        = "APPs-Template",
            service_types   = ["configs"]
        },
    }
}

Of course, you can add as many variables as needed and use them in the module.