[feature request] Terraform should able to read the auth from a file ~/.grafana-auth

[ssala7]

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Terraform v0.11.14

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Expected Behavior

auth - (Required) The API token or username/password to use to authenticate to the Grafana server. If username/password is used, they are provided in a single string and separated by a colon. May alternatively be set via the GRAFANA_AUTH environment variable.

If none supplied, Terraform should to read it from ~/.grafana-auth

Actual Behavior

auth - (Required) The API token or username/password to use to authenticate to the Grafana server. If username/password is used, they are provided in a single string and separated by a colon. May alternatively be set via the GRAFANA_AUTH environment variable.

provider.grafana.auth Credentials for accessing the Grafana API.

Enter a value:

Steps to Reproduce

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1. terraform apply

Important Factoids

Are there anything atypical about your accounts that we should know? For example: Running in EC2 Classic? Custom version of OpenStack? Tight ACLs?

References

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• GH-1234

[mlclmj]

I can see the value in adding this--feel free to submit a PR to do this!

[julienduchesne]

You can use the Terraform file function for this:

provider "grafana" {
  url  = "https://my-instance.grafana.net/"
  auth = file("~/.grafana-auth")
}