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Setup

To run this workshop you will need access to an Equinix Fabric Account or create a new one following step 1 below.

Note: You are responsible for the cost of resources created in your Equinix Fabric account while running this workshop.

Pre-requisites

The following tools will be needed on your local development environment where you will be running most of the commands in this guide.

Steps

1. Create Equinix Fabric credentials - Access Token

If you have never used Equinix Fabric API before, please follow the Getting Access Token instructions.

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2. Configure Google Cloud credentials (if installed)

Pulumi can authenticate to Google Cloud via several methods: Google Cloud CLI, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Service account. Whether you choose to use the CLI or another method, please follow the Installation & Configuration instructions.

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2. Clone the template repository

To create a Pulumi project from a specific source control location, you need to pass the url to the pulumi new command: 

$ pulumi new https://github.com/equinix-labs/pulumi-equinix-fabric-cloud-router-gcp

This command not only will download the template but will walk you through creating a new Pulumi project, creating a new Pulumi stack, will create a python virtual environment and install the dependencies defined in the repository requirements.txt file.

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3. Verify

If everything worked correctly, the output should look like this: 

Finished installing dependencies

Your new project is ready to go! ✨

To perform an initial deployment, run `pulumi up`

warning: A new version of Pulumi is available. To upgrade from version '3.100.0' to '3.111.1', run 
   $ curl -sSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh
or visit https://pulumi.com/docs/install/ for manual instructions and release notes.

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Discussion

Before proceeding to the next part let's take a few minutes to discuss what we did. Here are some questions to start the discussion.

  • In what scenarios do you believe the limitations of Pulumi providers, as highlighted in the introduction, might pose significant challenges during real-world infrastructure deployments? How might you mitigate these challenges?

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