How do I archive file/dir from a gitlab repository using Terraform?

Question

I need to archive a directory from my gitlab repo using terraform in order to use the ZIP file in an aws lambda function. when putting a url in the source attribute it errors: Error: error archiving file: could not archive missing file: https://*********/lambda.py

my Terraform code for archiving the file is:

data "archive_file" "init" {
   type        = "zip"
   output_path = "${path.module}/example.zip"
   source_file = "https://*********/lambda.py"
}

so obviously this is not the right way to do it, didn't find anything regarding this online, is there a proper way to do this using Terraform?

user_248823 · Answer

source_file is a local path, not a remote url. Thus you can do:

Download your file from github using null_resource with local_exec as shown here.
Use your archive_file to archive the newly downloaded file from github.

user_14803071 · Answer

Your source_file path is not fully functional, just the https-adress is not enough.

data "archive_file" "init" {
  type        = "zip"
  source_file = "source = "git::https://*********/lambda.py""
  output_path = "${path.module}/example.zip"
}

For more Infos see: https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/modules/sources.html#generic-git-repository

How do I archive file/dir from a gitlab repository using Terraform?

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