Terraform Version

v0.13.0-beta3

Affected Resource(s)

• provider configuration

Terraform Configuration Files

provider "github" {
  app_id          = var.app_id
  private_key_pem = var.private_key_pem
}

Debug Output

n/a, this feature doesn't exist

Panic Output

n/a, this feature doesn't exist

Expected Behavior

Terraform authenticates as a GitHub App, this removes the need of making a bot GitHub account for terraform usage

Actual Behavior

n/a, this feature doesn't exist

Steps to Reproduce

n/a, this feature doesn't exist

Important Factoids

• GitHub Apps has higher API limits than a Personal Access Token
  • https://developer.github.com/apps/building-github-apps/understanding-rate-limits-for-github-apps/#server-to-server-requests

References

• https://developer.github.com/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app
• Improve document about authenticating with GitHub Apps google/go-github#1069