Generate Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

The stackgen generate command is used to generate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) files for a project. This command helps automate and streamline deployment workflows by generating IaC for cloud infrastructure based on the code you are working with.

Usage

stackgen generate [flags]

Flags

Flag	Description
--cleanup	Cleanup the cloud components after the command is run. Defaults to false.
-c, --cloud string	The cloud provider for which the IaC is to be generated. Must be one of [aws, gcp, azure]. Defaults to aws.
-d, --deployment-type string	The type of deployment to generate. Must be one of [k8s, aws-ecs, aws-lambda, aks-tf]. Defaults to k8s.
-h, --help	Displays help information for the generate command.
-l, --lang string	The programming language of the code to scan (e.g., JAVA, PYTHON).
-m, --mode string	The mode used to run CLI. Options are local, ci, and mock. Defaults to local.
-o, --output string	The directory to output the deployment files. Defaults to the current working directory (/home/user).
--scanpath string	The code path to scan. Defaults to the current working directory (/home/user).
--skip-export	Skip exporting the generated IaC to a pre-configured Git destination.

Examples

Usage 1: Generate IaC for AWS

stackgen generate --cloud aws --deployment-type k8s --scanpath ./project-directory --output ./iac-output

The above command will:

• Generate IaC for the AWS cloud provider.
• Set the deployment type to Kubernetes (k8s).
• Scan the code in the specified directory (./project-directory).
• Save the generated IaC files to the ./iac-output directory.

Usage 2: Generate IaC for Azure with Cleanup

stackgen generate --cloud azure --deployment-type aws-ecs --cleanup --output ./iac-output

The above command will:

• Generate IaC for the Azure cloud provider.
• Set the deployment type to AWS ECS (aws-ecs).
• Cleanup cloud components after the command is executed.
• Output the IaC files to the ./iac-output directory.

Usage 3: Generate IaC for GCP in CI Mode

stackgen generate --cloud gcp --mode ci --scanpath ./src-code --skip-export

The above command will:

• Generate IaC for the GCP cloud provider.
• Run the CLI in CI mode.
• Scan the code in the ./src-code directory.
• Skip exporting the generated IaC to the pre-configured Git destination.