Edgecast Terraform Provider Architecture

terraform-provider-edgecast is the official Terraform provider for the Edgecast Platform.

Structure

Makefile contains helper functions to build, install, release, and test the provider.
install_win.bat provides install functionality for Windows environments.
main.go is the entry point. It creates the executable Go binary that Terraform consumes. It uses the Teraform Plugin SDK to return an instance of the provider.

docs contains markdown auto-generated by tfplugindocs. This documentation is consumed by the Terraform Registry and can be viewed here.
edgecast is the folder that contains all of the provider and resource Go code.
examples contains example Terraform configuration files to serve as a starting point or as a reference to consumers of this provider. The examples are organized by resource.
templates contains the tfplugindocs templates from which the documents within docs are generated. Templates are optional - tfplugindocs will create satisfactory docs in most cases without a template. Use a template when you need to fine tune the documentation. Templates are organized by resource similar to the examples folder.
tools contains references to any support tools for the repository e.g. tfplugindocs for Terraform document generation.

edgecast/provider.go defines the Edgecast provider. Its configuration schema is defined as well as all of the resources it manages. All bootstrapping for the provider occurs here. Most importantly, the raw provider configuration is mapped to a ClientConfig object which is passed to each individual resource's CRUD functions as an interface{} parameter.
edgecast/api is deprecated. Do not add new code here. All new resources should use the Edgecast Go SDK. The sole exception is the ClientConfig type, which will eventually be pulled out of edgecast/api.
edgecast/helper contains utility code for json, Terraform, etc.
edgecast/resources contains the available resources. They are organized by feature. For example, all WAF resources lie within edgecast/resources/waf. Ultimately, these are referenced in edgecast/provider.go. Each Resource's CRUD function has the provider configuration injected into it via the m interface{} parameter.