Registry Modules API
Note: Public Module Curation is only available in Terraform Cloud. Where applicable, the registry_name
parameter must be private
for Terraform Enterprise.
Terraform Cloud Registry Implementation
The Terraform Cloud Module Registry implements the Registry standard API for consuming/exposing private modules. Refer to the Module Registry HTTP API to perform the following:
- Browse available modules
- Search modules by keyword
- List available versions for a specific module
- Download source code for a specific module version
- List latest version of a module for all providers
- Get the latest version for a specific module provider
- Get a specific module
- Download the latest version of a module
For publicly curated modules, the Terraform Cloud Module Registry acts as a proxy to the Terraform Registry for the following:
- List available versions for a specific module
- Get a specific module
- Get the latest version for a specific module provider
The Terraform Cloud Module Registry endpoints differs from the Module Registry endpoints in the following ways:
- The
:namespace
parameter should be replaced with the organization name for private modules. - The private module registry discovery endpoints have the path prefix provided in the discovery document which is currently
/api/registry/v1
. - The public module registry discovery endpoints have the path prefix provided in the discovery document which is currently
/api/registry/public/v1
. - Authentication is handled the same as all other Terraform Cloud endpoints.
Sample Registry Request (private module)
List available versions for the consul
module for the aws
provider on the module registry published from the Github organization my-gh-repo-org
:
The same request for the same module and provider on the Terraform Cloud module registry for the my-cloud-org
organization:
Sample Proxy Request (public module)
List available versions for the consul
module for the aws
provider on the module registry published from the Github organization my-gh-repo-org
:
The same request for the same module and provider on the Terraform Cloud module registry:
List Registry Modules for an Organization
GET /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to list available modules from. |
Lists the modules that are available to a given organization. This includes the full list of publicly curated and private modules and is filterable.
Status | Response | Reason |
---|---|---|
200 | JSON API document (type: "registry-modules" ) | The request was successful |
404 | JSON API error object | Modules not found or user unauthorized to perform action |
Query Parameters
This endpoint supports pagination with standard URL query parameters. Remember to percent-encode [
as %5B
and ]
as %5D
if your tooling doesn't automatically encode URLs.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
q | Optional. A search query string. Modules are searchable by name, namespace, provider fields. |
filter[field name] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to those with the matching field name value. Valid values are registry_name , provider , and organization_name . |
page[number] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return the first page. |
page[size] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return 20 registry modules per page. |
Sample Request
Sample Response
Publish a Private Module from a VCS
Deprecation warning: the following endpoint POST /registry-modules
is replaced by the below endpoint and will be removed from future versions of the API!
POST /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules/vcs
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to create a module in. The organization must already exist, and the token authenticating the API request must belong to the "owners" team or a member of the "owners" team. |
Publishes a new registry private module from a VCS repository, with module versions managed automatically by the repository's tags. The publishing process will fetch all tags in the source repository that look like SemVer versions with optional 'v' prefix. For each version, the tag is cloned and the config parsed to populate module details (input and output variables, readme, submodules, etc.). The Module Registry Requirements define additional requirements on naming, standard module structure and tags for releases.
Status | Response | Reason |
---|---|---|
201 | JSON API document (type: "registry-modules" ) | Successfully published module |
422 | JSON API error object | Malformed request body (missing attributes, wrong types, etc.) |
404 | JSON API error object | User not authorized |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | Must be "registry-modules" . | |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.identifier | string | The repository from which to ingress the configuration. | |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.oauth-token-id | string | The VCS Connection (OAuth Connection + Token) to use as identified. Get this ID from the oauth-tokens endpoint. You can not specify this value if github-app-installation-id is specified. | |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.github-app-installation-id | string | The VCS Connection GitHub App Installation to use. Find this ID on the user settings page. Requires previously authorizing the GitHub App and generating a user-to-server token. Manage the token from User Settings within Terraform Cloud. You can not specify this value if oauth-token-id is specified. | |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.display_identifier | string | The display identifier for the repository. For most VCS providers outside of BitBucket Cloud, this identifier matches the data.attributes.vcs-repo.identifier string. | |
data.attributes.no-code | boolean | Allows you to enable or disable the no-code publishing workflow for a module. Not available in Terraform Enterprise. |
A VCS repository identifier is a reference to a VCS repository in the format :org/:repo
, where :org
and :repo
refer to the organization (or project key, for Bitbucket Server) and repository in your VCS provider. The format for Azure DevOps is :org/:project/_git/:repo
.
The OAuth Token ID identifies the VCS connection, and therefore the organization, that the module will be created in.
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
Create a Module (with no VCS connection)
POST /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to create a module in. The organization must already exist, and the token authenticating the API request must belong to the "owners" team or a member of the "owners" team. |
Creates a new registry module without a backing VCS repository.
Private modules
After creating a module, a version must be created and uploaded in order to be usable. Modules created this way do not automatically update with new versions; instead, you must explicitly create and upload each new version with the Create a Module Version endpoint.
Public modules
When created, the public module record will be available in the organization's registry module list. You cannot create versions for public modules as they are maintained in the public registry.
Status | Response | Reason |
---|---|---|
201 | JSON API document (type: "registry-modules" ) | Successfully published module |
422 | JSON API error object | Malformed request body (missing attributes, wrong types, etc.) |
403 | JSON API error object | Forbidden - public module curation disabled |
404 | JSON API error object | User not authorized |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | Must be "registry-modules" . | |
data.attributes.name | string | The name of this module. May contain alphanumeric characters, with dashes and underscores allowed in non-leading or trailing positions. Maximum length is 64 characters. | |
data.attributes.provider | string | Specifies the Terraform provider that this module is used for. May contain lowercase alphanumeric characters. Maximum length is 64 characters. | |
data.attributes.namespace | string | The namespace of this module. Cannot be set for private modules. May contain alphanumeric characters, with dashes and underscores allowed in non-leading or trailing positions. Maximum length is 64 characters. | |
data.attributes.registry-name | string | Indicates whether this is a publicly maintained module or private. Must be either public or private . | |
data.attributes.no-code | boolean | Allows you to enable or disable the no-code publishing workflow for a module. Not available in Terraform Enterprise. |
Sample Payload (private module)
Sample Payload (public module)
Sample Request
Sample Response (private module)
Sample Response (public module)
Create a Module Version
Deprecation warning: the following endpoint POST /registry-modules/:organization_name/:name/:provider/versions
is replaced by the below endpoint and will be removed from future versions of the API!
POST /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules/:registry_name/:namespace/:name/:provider/versions
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to create a module in. The organization must already exist, and the token authenticating the API request must belong to the "owners" team or a member of the "owners" team. |
:namespace | The namespace of the module for which the version is being created. For private modules this is the same as the :organization_name parameter |
:name | The name of the module for which the version is being created. |
:provider | The name of the provider for which the version is being created. |
:registry-name | Must be private . |
Creates a new registry module version. This endpoint only applies to private modules without a VCS repository; VCS-linked modules automatically create new versions for new tags. After creating the version, the module should be uploaded to the returned upload link.
Status | Response | Reason |
---|---|---|
201 | JSON API document (type: "registry-module-versions" ) | Successfully published module version |
422 | JSON API error object | Malformed request body (missing attributes, wrong types, etc.) |
403 | JSON API error object | Forbidden - not available for public modules |
404 | JSON API error object | User not authorized |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | Must be "registry-module-versions" . | |
data.attributes.version | string | A valid semver version string. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
Add a Module Version (Private Module)
PUT https://archivist.terraform.io/v1/object/<UNIQUE OBJECT ID>
The URL is provided in the upload
links attribute in the registry-module-versions
resource.
Expected Archive Format
Terraform Cloud expects the module version uploaded to be a gzip tarball with the module in the root (not in a subdirectory).
Given the following folder structure:
Package the files in an archive format by running tar zcvf module.tar.gz *
in the module's directory.
Sample Request
After the registry module version is successfully parsed, its status will become "ok"
.
Get a Module
Deprecation warning: the following endpoint GET /registry-modules/show/:organization_name/:name/:provider
is replaced by the below endpoint and will be removed from future versions of the API!
GET /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules/:registry_name/:namespace/:name/:provider
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization the module belongs to. |
:namespace | The namespace of the module. For private modules this is the name of the organization that owns the module. |
:name | The module name. |
:provider | The module provider. Must be lowercase alphanumeric. |
:registry-name | Either public or private . |
Status | Response | Reason |
---|---|---|
200 | JSON API document (type: "registry-modules" ) | The request was successful |
403 | JSON API error object | Forbidden - public module curation disabled |
404 | JSON API error object | Module not found or user unauthorized to perform action |
Sample Request (private module)
Sample Request (public module)
Sample Response (private module)
Sample Response (public module)
Delete a Module
POST /registry-modules/actions/delete/:organization_name/:name/:provider/:version
POST /registry-modules/actions/delete/:organization_name/:name/:provider
POST /registry-modules/actions/delete/:organization_name/:name
are replaced by the below endpoints and will be removed from future versions of the API!
DELETE /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules/:registry_name/:namespace/:name/:provider/:version
DELETE /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules/:registry_name/:namespace/:name/:provider
DELETE /organizations/:organization_name/registry-modules/:registry_name/:namespace/:name
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to delete a module from. The organization must already exist, and the token authenticating the API request must belong to the "owners" team or a member of the "owners" team. |
:namespace | The module namespace that the deletion will affect. For private modules this is the name of the organization that owns the module. |
:name | The module name that the deletion will affect. |
:provider | If specified, the provider for the module that the deletion will affect. |
:version | If specified, the version for the module and provider that will be deleted. |
:registry_name | Either public or private |
When removing modules, there are three versions of the endpoint, depending on how many parameters are specified.
- If all parameters (module namespace, name, provider, and version) are specified, the specified version for the given provider of the module is deleted.
- If module namespace, name, and provider are specified, the specified provider for the given module is deleted along with all its versions.
- If only module namespace and name are specified, the entire module is deleted.
For public modules, only the the endpoint specifying the module namespace and name is valid. The other DELETE endpoints will 404. For public modules, this only removes the record from the organization's Terraform Cloud Registry and does not remove the public module from registry.terraform.io.
If a version deletion would leave a provider with no versions, the provider will be deleted. If a provider deletion would leave a module with no providers, the module will be deleted.
Status | Response | Reason |
---|---|---|
204 | Nothing | Success |
403 | JSON API error object | Forbidden - public module curation disabled |
404 | JSON API error object | Module, provider, or version not found or user not authorized |
Sample Request (private module)
Sample Request (public module)