using file provisioner with GCP and Compute Instance

[rubans]

Is there any recommended way to use file provisioned in a github action when creating a GCE? I have so far tried using ssh key : 1)

provisioner "file" {
    source = "agent_config"
    destination = "."
    connection {
        host     = "${var.gce_name}"
        type = "ssh"
        private_key = "${file("~/.ssh/google_compute_engine")}"
    }
  }

Bur not sure if the private key exists so also tried 2)

provisioner "file" {
    source = "agent_config"
    destination = "."
    connection {
        host     = "${var.gce_name}"
        type = "ssh"
        agent = true
    }
  }

But get an error related to "SSH agent requested but SSH_AUTH_SOCK not-specified" Any suggestions? I need to use file provisioned to copy some config files to the GCE.

[bflad]

Hi @rubans 👋 Thank you for raising this and sorry you are running into trouble here. Please note that this GitHub repository's issue tracker is only used for feature requests and bug reports for the setup-terraform GitHub action itself. Since this appears to be a Terraform configuration question, my best recommendation would be to submit a topic in the Terraform section of HashiCorp Discuss, where there are many more people asking and answering usage questions such as these.

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