Scaffold is a framework for IAC build on top of Terraform and the CDKTF.
It is coupled with a catalog that you could use to create a complete AWS infrastructure, defined as code, in seconds.
All infrastructures are open sourced and defined as Terraform Typescript code using the CDK for Terraform.
The CDK (Cloud Development Kit) for Terraform allows developers to use familiar programming languages to define cloud infrastructure and provision it through HashiCorp Terraform.
Scaffold enhances Terraform and the CDKTF with many features like environments and sandboxes without using any configuration files, black box or lock-in.
You are free to go back to raw Terraform at any time.
In order to use Scaffold, you'll need Node.js, Yarn and the AWS CLI:
Node.js publishes a graphical installer that will install Node.js and NPM on your platform.
Yarn is an alternate JavaScript package manager required by the CDK for Terraform.
To install the AWS CLI on your operating system, you could read the AWS documentation.
To install the most recent stable release of Scaffold, use npm:
$ npm install --global @scaffold.sh/cliYou could verify that the installation worked by opening a new terminal session and running the scaffold command to show available subcommands:
$ scaffold
The CLI for scaffold.sh
VERSION
@scaffold.sh/cli/0.0.0 darwin-x64 node-v14.7.0
USAGE
$ scaffold [COMMAND]
TOPICS
aws download AWS infrastructures
cdktf forward commands to CDKTF binary
env manage environments
sandbox manage sandboxes
terraform forward commands to Terraform binary
COMMANDS
apply update infrastructure for passed environment
destroy destroy infrastructure for passed environment
help display help for scaffold
init initialize an infrastructure
plan plan infrastructure modifications for passed environment
You could add the --help flag to any subcommand to learn more about what it does and available options:
$ scaffold apply --help