Getting Started with Terraform

This guide stands up a minimal Frostmoln configuration with Terraform.

1. Configure the provider

Create main.tf:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    frostmoln = {
      source = "frostmoln/frostmoln"
    }
  }
}

provider "frostmoln" {
  # Credentials are read from provider arguments or environment variables.
  # Generate an API key in the portal under Settings -> API Keys.
}

Provide your API key via the environment so it stays out of source control:

export FROSTMOLN_API_KEY=fmk_...

2. Define resources

resource "frostmoln_network_vpc" "main" {
  name   = "tf-vpc"
  region = "sweden"
  cidr   = "10.0.0.0/16"
}

resource "frostmoln_compute_instance" "web" {
  name    = "tf-web"
  region  = "sweden"
  image   = "ubuntu-24.04"
  flavor  = "c1.small"
  vpc     = frostmoln_network_vpc.main.id
  ssh_key = "my-laptop"
}

3. Apply

terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply

Terraform tracks state, so subsequent apply runs only change what differs. terraform destroy tears the resources back down.

Related

• Terraform provider overview
• fm CLI