Module with terrafile usage question

Terraspace
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Hello,
I have a private module injected with the terrafile

My terrafile

org "gitlab.com"
mod "abc", source: "git@gitlab.com:myorg/stuff", branch: "latest"

in app/stacks/foo/main.tf I have

module "abc" {
  source = "git@gitlab.com:myorg/stuff"

  foo = ":BAR"
}

Notes:

  • When I do terraspace bundle, I see my external module in vendor/modules/abc.
  • When I do terraspace build, I see my module in .terraspace-cache/eu-west-2/dev/modules/abc
  • When I do terraspace plan, I see my module in .terraspace-cache/eu-west-2/dev/stacks/foo/.terraform/modules/abc

When I have made a change in my external module, I did see the change everywhere except at the plan step that keep the previous version.

  1. Is it the proper usage of module source (I start I was thinking it’s “abc” as source instead of the source from terrafile) ?
  2. If yes, perhaps adding an example in the documentation could be a plus.
  3. What did I miss that make plan, not upgrading the external module?

thanks

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RE: 1. Is it the proper usage of module source (I start I was thinking it’s “abc” as source instead of the source from terrafile) ?

The Terrafile provides the info from where to pull the source code for the module definition. The module updated source code will only get pulled/updated/downloaded when

  • running terraspace bundle initially when there’s no Terrafile.lock yet
  • or running terraspace bundle update when Terrafile.lock already exists

Otherwise, the code downloaded to vendor/modules stays the same

RE: 2. If yes, perhaps adding an example in the documentation could be a plus.

RE: 3. What did I miss that make plan, not upgrading the external module?

Modules are not going to be automatically upgraded. They get locked via Terrafile.lock. They get upgraded when running terraspace bundle update

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thanks for the answer