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.

• pulumi
• python
• Optional (but recommended): Google Cloud CLI

Steps

1. Create Equinix Fabric credentials - Access Token

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

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.

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.

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.

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?