Creating a Stack

On the stack list page, click Create Stack in the upper right corner, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Creating a stack

Procedure:

Select a template.

There are two ways to select a template, as shown in Figure 2: (1). Enter a URL of an OBS template. (2). Upload a local template file. (3). Select a template from My Templates.

Figure 2 Selecting a template

The following is an example of uploading a local template file. In this example, the ecs_test.tf.json file is uploaded. The template content is as follows:

{
  "terraform": {
    "required_providers": {
      "huaweicloud": {
        "source": "huawei.com/provider/huaweicloud",
        "version": "1.41.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "provider": {
    "huaweicloud": {
      "cloud": "myhuaweicloud.com",
      "endpoints": {
        "iam":"iam.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com"
      },
      "insecure": true,
      "region": "cn-north-4",
      "auth_url": "https://iam.cn-north-4.myhuaweicloud.com:31943/v3"
    }
  },
  "variable": {
    "vpc_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "vpc name",
      "default": "rf_teststack_vpc",
	  "sensitive": true,
	  "nullable": false
    },
    "subnet_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "subnet name",
      "default": "rf_teststack_subnet"
    },
    "ecs_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ecs name",
      "default": "rf_teststack_ecs"
    },
    "ecs_admin_passwd": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ecs passwd"
    }
  },
  "resource": {
    "huaweicloud_vpc": {
      "rf_doc_vpc": {
        "name": "${var.vpc_name}",
        "cidr": "192.168.0.0/16"
      }
    },
    "huaweicloud_vpc_subnet": {
      "rf_doc_subnet": {
        "name": "${var.subnet_name}",
        "vpc_id": "${huaweicloud_vpc.rf_doc_vpc.id}",
        "cidr": "192.168.1.0/24",
        "gateway_ip": "192.168.1.1"
      }
    },
    "huaweicloud_compute_instance": {
      "rf_doc_ecs": {
        "name": "${var.ecs_name}",
        "flavor_id": "c7.large.2",
        "admin_pass": "${var.ecs_admin_passwd}",
        "image_id": "cecc4bcf-b055-4d35-bd5f-693d4412eaef",
        "network": {
          "uuid": "${huaweicloud_vpc_subnet.rf_doc_subnet.id}"
        },
        "system_disk_type": "SAS",
        "system_disk_size": 100,
        "stop_before_destroy": false,
        "delete_disks_on_termination": true,
        "charging_mode": "postPaid",
        "auto_renew": false
      }
    }
  },
  "output": {
    "ecs_address": {
      "value": "${huaweicloud_compute_instance.rf_doc_ecs.access_ip_v4}",
      "description": "The ecs private address."
    },
    "ecs_id": {
      "value": "${huaweicloud_compute_instance.rf_doc_ecs.id}",
      "description": "The ecs resource id."
    }
  }
}

The sample template contains charged resources. Check whether resources need to be enabled before using the template.

The template consists of five parts:

huaweicloud_vpc in resource indicates VPC information.
huaweicloud_vpc_subnet in resource indicates information about a subnet defined in the VPC. A subnet is a segment within the IP address range of the VPC.
huaweicloud_compute_instance in resource indicates information about an ECS defined in the template.
variable indicates variables defined by users in templates during stack creation and deployment.
output defines the outputs of templates. After a stack is created, its output is generated based on the definition and displayed on the Outputs tab page.

Configure parameters.
Click Next to go to the parameter configuration page, where you can modify the stack name and description, as shown in Figure 3.

The stack name must start with a letter and can contain a maximum of 128 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must be unique.

A stack description can contain a maximum of 1024 characters.

Figure 3 Configuring parameters

Parameters marked with a red asterisk (*) are mandatory. Set these parameters to valid values.

If a value is invalid, the corresponding text box will turn red (as shown in Figure 4) and page redirection will not be triggered after you click Next.

Figure 4 Text box with an invalid value

Click Next. The Configure Stack page is displayed.

If the stack name or description is imported using a URL and contains special characters, the characters must be encoded following the HTTP encoding rules first.

Check whether the default VPC, subnet, and ECS names used on this page already exist on the corresponding consoles. If the names already exist, change them to unique ones to prevent creation failures.
Configure the stack.
Click Next to go to the Advanced Settings page, as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5 Configuring the stack

Mandatory parameter (marked with *)

IAM Permission Agency: An agency can clearly define operation permissions of RFS (such as creation, update, and deletion) on stack resources. If the agency permissions are insufficient, subsequent operations may fail.

Optional parameters:

Deletion Protection: prevents the stack from being deleted accidentally. After a stack is created, you can update this configuration by clicking Update in the Operation column.

Auto-Rollback: If auto-rollback is enabled, the stack automatically rolls back to the previous successful resource status when an operation fails.

Click Next to go to the Confirm Configurations page.
Confirm the configurations.
After you confirm the configurations, you can click either Create Execution Plan or Directly Deploy Stack.
1. If you click Directly Deploy Stack, a confirmation dialog box will be displayed.
  Figure 6 Directly deploy stack
  
  Click Yes. A new stack is generated and its status is Deployment In Progress, as shown in Figure 7.
  Figure 7 Deployment in progress
  
  Then, the status changes to Deployment Complete, as shown in Figure 8.
  
  Figure 8 Deployment complete
2. If you click Create Execution Plan, a dialog box of creating execution plan will be displayed. In this dialog box, you can set the name and description of the execution plan, as shown in Figure 9.
  Figure 9 Create Execution Plan dialog box
  
  Click OK. The Execution Plans tab page is displayed.
  
  Wait until the execution plan is created and refresh the page. The execution plan status changes to Available, as shown in Figure 10.
  
  Figure 10 Available
  
  Return to the stack list page. The stack status is Creation Complete, as shown in Figure 11.
  Figure 11 Stack list
  
  Creating an execution plan can preview the resource attribute changes of the entire stack and evaluate the impact. If the execution plan meets your expectations, you can execute the plan. Creating an execution plan does not incur fees. The system changes your stack only when you execute the plan.
  
  Click Deploy in the Operation column of the execution plan to deploy it, as shown in Figure 12.
  
  Figure 12 Execution plan dialog box
  
  In the Execution Plan dialog box, click Execute. A message indicating that the execution plan is being deployed is displayed in the upper right corner. Return to the stack list page. A new stack is generated and its status is Deployment In Progress, as shown in Figure 13.
  
  Figure 13 Deployment in progress
  
  Then, the stack status changes to Deployment Complete, as shown in Figure 14.
  
  Figure 14 Deployment complete
  
  On the Execution Plans tab page of the stack details page, the execution plan status is Applied, as shown in Figure 15.
  
  Figure 15 Applied
  
  Click the Events tab. The event list shows that resources of the stack are deployed, as shown in Figure 16.
  
  Figure 16 Resources deployed
  
  You can view details on the console of the corresponding cloud service.
  1. In the service list, locate and click Elastic Cloud Server. On the displayed page, view the deployed ECS, as shown in Figure 17.
    Figure 17 ECS
    
    Resources of the stack are deployed.