14 KiB
Frontend Terraform adoption runbook (dev)
This tree adopts the existing Sea Haven SHOC frontend dev hosting resources
into HCP Terraform without recreating them. It mirrors the backend adoption
(shoc-backend #94, #98, #99, #102) and lands in three PRs:
| PR | Branch | Change |
|---|---|---|
| A | feature/frontend-terraform-adoption |
This PR. Dev root with adoption_complete = false, import guard, CDK retain mode, push-to-dev deploy off. |
| B | feature/terraform-dev-adoption |
adoption_complete = true: ownership tags, bucket policy drops the auto-delete grant, CloudFormation detaches. |
| C | feature/terraform-dev-content-cd |
Content CD through Terraform: release prefixes, pointer object, origin group, invalidation action, rollback. |
Creating these files, formatting them, initializing with -backend=false, and
validating them does not authorize an AWS, HCP Terraform, GitHub,
CloudFormation, DNS, or deployment mutation. Every live step below is gated on
an explicit go from the owner, with the production impact stated first.
Staging stays on the CDK and deploy-staging.yml path. Its cutover is tracked
separately (SH-287) and adds its own root under live/staging when it starts.
The staging constants in scripts/terraform_import_plan_resources.py exist
only so the checker can prove a dev plan carrying a staging identifier fails.
Fixed targets
- AWS account:
396287094661 - AWS region:
us-east-1 - HCP organization:
seahaven - HCP project:
seahaven-external-dev - HCP workspace:
shoc-frontend-new-dev, VCS branchdev, working directoryterraform/live/dev - Site:
dev.seahaven.com - API build value:
https://api.dev.seahaven.com/api
Workspace invariants
Set before any Terraform lands on dev, read back after setting, and re-read
before the first release after any Terraform merge:
- Auto-apply off. GitHub or a human applies every run.
- Automatic speculative plans on (PR plans are read-only evidence).
- Automatic run triggering: patterns
terraform/live/dev/**andterraform/live/modules/**. No trigger prefixes, no tags regex. Do not switch to tag-based triggering. - Execution mode remote, Terraform
1.16.x(versions.tfrequires>= 1.9.0, < 2.0.0; CI validates with1.16.0). - Dynamic AWS credentials only: environment variables
TFC_AWS_PROVIDER_AUTH=true,TFC_AWS_PLAN_ROLE_ARN, andTFC_AWS_APPLY_ROLE_ARNpointing at theseahaven-org-baselineroleshcptf-shoc-frontend-new-dev-planandhcptf-shoc-frontend-new-dev. No access keys. - No
adoption_completeworkspace variable. The dev root pins it in code (local.adoption_complete) so the value under review is the value that applies.scripts/test-terraform-import-plan-check.pyfails if avariableblock reappears in the root.
Ownership boundary
live/modules/environment-owned owns exactly these 13 addresses:
module.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket_ownership_controls.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket_server_side_encryption_configuration.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket_versioning.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket_policy.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_cloudfront_distribution.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_cloudfront_origin_access_control.sitemodule.environment_owned.aws_cloudfront_function.spa_rewritemodule.environment_owned.aws_route53_record.site_amodule.environment_owned.aws_route53_record.site_aaaamodule.environment_owned.aws_iam_role.github_deploymodule.environment_owned.aws_iam_role_policy.github_deploy
Every managed resource has prevent_destroy = true.
live/modules/environment-inventory is data-only. It resolves and checks the
caller account, provider region, public hosted zone, ACM certificate, account
GitHub OIDC provider, and the AWS managed Managed-CachingOptimized cache
policy against pinned values, and fails the plan on any mismatch.
The following remain outside state:
- the
dev.seahaven.comhosted zone and the*.seahaven.comcertificate - the account-global GitHub OIDC provider
- the AWS managed CloudFront cache policy
CDKToolkitresources and CDK metadata- the S3 auto-delete custom resource, its provider Lambda and role
- the HCP plan/apply roles and the deploy-role permissions boundary
(
seahaven-org-baselineowns them)
Exact live inventory (dev)
- Bucket and all bucket subresources:
seahaven-shoc-frontend-dev - Distribution:
E2CWLM1AFB964P - OAC:
E30VSIK87N8H64, nameshocfrontenddevDistributionOrigin1S3OriginAccessControlDFC82620, description modeled as"" - Distribution origin ID:
shocfrontenddevDistributionOrigin10CCD0EE1 - Function:
us-east-1shocfrontenddevSpaRewrite58674DB8 - A import ID:
Z07671212N75U4YLPWZR8_dev.seahaven.com_A - AAAA import ID:
Z07671212N75U4YLPWZR8_dev.seahaven.com_AAAA - Deploy role:
githubdeploy-shoc-frontend-new-dev - Inline policy import ID:
githubdeploy-shoc-frontend-new-dev:GithubDeployRoleDefaultPolicyE8F540D1 - Hosted zone:
Z07671212N75U4YLPWZR8 - Certificate:
arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:396287094661:certificate/2b78e74f-7b65-4b82-a413-7a498b102f00 - Legacy stack:
shoc-frontend-dev - Auto-delete helper role:
arn:aws:iam::396287094661:role/shoc-frontend-dev-CustomS3AutoDeleteObjectsCustomRe-dmSDIY8EH7KV - Permissions boundary:
arn:aws:iam::396287094661:policy/shoc-frontend-new-dev-deploy-boundary
With adoption_complete = false the root declares the configuration observed
after the CDK retain deploy (Phase 1, step 2), not the configuration live
today:
Environment=dev,ManagedBy=cdk,Project=shoc-frontendtags, plus the S3-onlyaws-cdk:auto-delete-objects=truetag- the deploy-role-only
HcpTerraformWorkspace=shoc-frontend-new-devtag - the permissions boundary attached to the deploy role
StringEqualson the OIDC subjectrepo:Sea-Haven-Industries/shoc-frontend-new:ref:refs/heads/dev- the legacy bucket policy including the auto-delete helper grant
- the legacy deploy inline policy (
AssumeCdkBootstrapRoles,DescribeStack, bucket read/write,InvalidateDistribution)
The retain deploy adds the boundary, the tag, and the StringEquals narrowing.
If read-back after that deploy differs from the root in any other way, update
the root to the observed value and prove a zero-change import plan. Do not
approve drift through the controlled-update checker.
Phase 1: import-first adoption (this PR)
Each step is gated. State the impact, get the go, act, read back, record.
-
Workspace invariants. Set the invariants above on
shoc-frontend-new-dev. Read back the workspace and record the JSON in the PR. -
CDK retain deploy. From the reviewed PR head, with administrator credentials:
cd infra/cdk && npm ci npx cdk deploy shoc-frontend-dev \ -c retainForTerraformAdoption=true \ --parameters ManageSiteInfrastructure=trueExpected: an update-only change set (no create, no delete, no replace) that adds
DeletionPolicy: RetainandUpdateReplacePolicy: Retainto the 13 transferred resources and theCustom::S3AutoDeleteObjectsresource, attaches the boundary, adds theHcpTerraformWorkspacetag, and narrows the trust operator. Read back the role, bucket policy, and stack resources as JSON and attach it to the PR. -
Merge PR A. The merge triggers a VCS run on the workspace (auto-apply off). Download the plan JSON and run the guard:
python3 scripts/check-terraform-import-plan.py plan.json --environment devConfirm the apply only when the plan is exactly 13 imports, 0 create, 0 update, 0 delete, 0 replace and the guard exits 0. Otherwise discard the run and fix the root in a new PR.
-
Post-import no-op. Queue a plan and require it to be no-op:
python3 scripts/check-terraform-import-plan.py post-import.json \ --environment dev --post-import-no-opPost the run URLs and the guard output on SH-300.
After Phase 1 CloudFormation still owns every resource. Terraform holds state for them and nothing else.
Phase 2: controlled ownership transfer (PR B)
PR B pins adoption_complete = true. The controlled apply may update only:
module.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket.site(tags)module.environment_owned.aws_s3_bucket_policy.site(drops only the auto-delete helper grant)module.environment_owned.aws_cloudfront_distribution.site(tags)module.environment_owned.aws_cloudfront_function.spa_rewrite(tags)module.environment_owned.aws_iam_role.github_deploy(tags)
The OAC, both Route 53 records, and the deploy inline policy must be no-op.
PR B keeps the post-adoption inline policy byte-identical to live so the
policy address does not appear in the plan. Run the checker with one
--allow-update-address per updating address; it rejects unused allowlist
entries, unknown values, and replacements.
Dependency: hcptf-shoc-frontend-new-dev currently lacks
cloudfront:UpdateDistribution and cloudfront:UpdateFunction. Codify the
expansion in seahaven-org-baseline (cross-family plus security review) and
deploy it before the controlled apply.
After the apply and a no-op plan, deploy the same reviewed CDK SHA with
--parameters ManageSiteInfrastructure=false. Expect DELETE_SKIPPED on the
13 transferred resources and the custom resource. Never deploy with
ManageSiteInfrastructure=true again after that. See
infra/cdk/README.md.
Phase 3: content CD through Terraform (PR C)
Summary only; PR C carries the full design. GitHub builds and uploads to an
immutable releases/<sha>-<run>-<attempt>/ prefix. Terraform owns the
.release/current pointer, both origin paths of a CloudFront origin group,
and the invalidation action. Rollback is one guarded Terraform run swapping
the labels. Push-to-dev releases return behind the repository variable
TERRAFORM_CONTENT_CD_ENABLED.
Operational rules
- Terraform-only PRs. A PR that changes
terraform/**may not change deployable application code..github/workflows/terraform-isolation.yamlenforces this; documentation and thescripts/*terraform*tooling are allowed alongside. A reviewer may add theterraform-isolation-overridelabel for the rare change that must introduce Terraform variables together with the workflow that consumes them (PR A and PR C). The label is the approval record. The override is temporary: a follow-up PR after PR C removes the label path from the checker and workflow so the gate has no exception. - Every Terraform merge produces a VCS run. A human confirms or discards it before the next content release. Do not leave a pending run on the workspace.
- Re-read the workspace invariants before the first release after any Terraform merge or workspace settings change.
- A red job does not mean the site is down. Read the live state first
(served
index.html, distribution status, pointer body once PR C lands), then triage. - Exact-head evidence. Every live step records the run URL, the SHA, and a machine-readable read-back on the PR or SH-300.
Local validation
From the repository root (also run by npm run verify through
scripts/governance-check.mjs):
npm run test:terraform # fmt -check, init -backend=false, validate
npm run test:terraform-import-plan # checker unit tests against synthetic plans
npm run test:terraform-isolation # isolation gate unit tests
npm run test:infra # CDK build, template tests, synth in both modes
terraform init -backend=false -lockfile=readonly may download the provider
but never contacts HCP state or plans against AWS. Only HCP runs plan against
the account.
Import plan safety
Import mode requires exactly the canonical 13 addresses and AWS types, valid import metadata for every resource, the exact dev import IDs (a staging ID in a dev plan fails), and zero create, update, delete, or replace actions.
Post-import mode requires all 13 resources to be no-op and rejects any remaining import metadata.
Controlled mode permits only in-place updates to the addresses explicitly
listed with --allow-update-address, verifies before against the exact
pre-adoption policies and tags and after against the exact adopted values,
and rejects create, delete, replace, import metadata, unknown values,
unapproved addresses, and unused allowlist entries.
Rollback
- Before import apply: discard the run and correct the root.
- After import, before the controlled update (end of Phase 1): remove only the
13 imported addresses from state under a separately reviewed state
operation. CloudFormation remains authoritative; a
ManageSiteInfrastructure=truestack is unchanged by this. - After the controlled update, before detachment: either complete the reviewed detachment or restore the exact pre-adoption policy and tags under a separate approval. Do not remove state or redeploy CloudFormation blindly.
- After detachment: Terraform is authoritative. Restore content from the
versioned bucket. Re-establishing CloudFormation ownership requires a
reviewed
IMPORTchange set, never an ordinary update.
Any replacement, destroy, cross-environment ID, missing import, broad policy change, or failed smoke check is a hard stop.
Evidence per phase
- HCP run URL and the workspace settings read-back
- plan JSON and checker output
terraform state listshowing exactly the 13 addresses- read-only inventory before and after each mutation
- synthesized CloudFormation template, change set, and stack events
- deploy, invalidation, and smoke output
- the post-action no-op plan
- phase close-out on SH-300: completed work, validation, risks, deviations, remaining work