Overview

Now that your org is configured and the Slack app is installed, we can set up all the Terraform that will serve as your org's core configurations for Sym.

The Sym Terraform Provider

Sym ships a Terraform Provider that declares your environment, integrations, and other configs, and connects back to our core Runtime. Because of Terraform's flexibility and support for complex variable management, there are numerous ways you could effectively set up your repo.

In these examples, we'll be working off a single directory that contains all the necessary setup:

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This section is somewhat optional.

If you're working off one of our Quickstart Guides, most of this section will be in place for you already. Still, it could be helpful to follow along and make sure all your variables are correctly placed.

Set up the provider

You'll need to add a requirement for Sym to wherever your organization commonly sets up required_providers. For us, that's in versions.tf:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    sym = {
      source  = "terraform.symops.com/symopsio/sym"
      version = ">= 1.11.2, < 2.0.0"
    }
  }
}

Configure the provider

To use the Sym Provider, you'll also need to specify your organization's slug, which will be provided to you when you sign up for Sym. We'll do this by changing the value in terraform.tfvars:

sym_org_slug = "CHANGEME"

The sym_org_slug variable in terraform.tfvars will be used in the provider's configuration in main.tf:

provider "sym" {
  org = var.sym_org_slug
}

Next steps

Next up, we'll be working Terraform. This will involve creating an Integration to connect your Slack workspace and setting up the Sym Runtime and Environment.

1. Install Sym's Slack app
2. Set up Sym's Terraform Provider
3. Configure your Terraform to work with Sym ← up next
4. Implement your first Flow