Add skip_version_check attribute to provider (#177)

Author: fbreckle

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.6.6 (unreleased)
+
+ENHANCEMENTS
+
+* provider: Add `skip_version_check` attribute
+
 ## 1.6.5 (May 18th, 2022)
 
 ENHANCEMENTS

docs/index.md

@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ provider "netbox" {
 
 - `allow_insecure_https` (Boolean) Flag to set whether to allow https with invalid certificates
 - `headers` (Map of String) Set these header on all requests to Netbox
+- `skip_version_check` (Boolean) If true, do not try to determine the running Netbox version at provider startup. Disables warnings about possibly unsupported Netbox version. Also useful for local testing on terraform plans.

go.mod

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2 v2.16.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220518171630-0b5c67f07fdf
 )
 
 require (

go.sum

@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210616213533-5ff15b29337e/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519 h1:7I4JAnoQBe7ZtJcBaYHi5UtiO8tQHbUSXxL+pnGRANg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220518171630-0b5c67f07fdf h1:oXVg4h2qJDd9htKxb5SCpFBHLipW6hXmL3qpUixS2jw=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220518171630-0b5c67f07fdf/go.mod h1:yh0Ynu2b5ZUe3MQfp2nM0ecK7wsgouWTDN0FNeJuIys=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190313153728-d0100b6bd8b3/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=

netbox/provider.go

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package netbox
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fbreckle/go-netbox/netbox/client"
 	"github.com/fbreckle/go-netbox/netbox/client/status"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 // Provider returns a schema.Provider for Netbox.
@@ -93,6 +95,12 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("NETBOX_HEADERS", map[string]interface{}{}),
 				Description: "Set these header on all requests to Netbox",
 			},
+			"skip_version_check": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional:    true,
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("NETBOX_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK", false),
+				Description: "If true, do not try to determine the running Netbox version at provider startup. Disables warnings about possibly unsupported Netbox version. Also useful for local testing on terraform plans.",
+			},
 		},
 		ConfigureContextFunc: providerConfigure,
 	}
@@ -115,24 +123,31 @@ func providerConfigure(ctx context.Context, data *schema.ResourceData) (interfac
 		return nil, diag.FromErr(clientError)
 	}
 
-	req := status.NewStatusListParams()
-	res, err := netboxClient.(*client.NetBoxAPI).Status.StatusList(req, nil)
+	// Unless explicitly switched off, use the client to retrieve the Netbox version
+	// so we can determine compatibility of the provider with the used Netbox
+	skipVersionCheck := data.Get("skip_version_check").(bool)
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, diag.FromErr(err)
-	}
+	if !skipVersionCheck {
+		req := status.NewStatusListParams()
+		res, err := netboxClient.(*client.NetBoxAPI).Status.StatusList(req, nil)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, diag.FromErr(err)
+		}
 
-	netboxVersion := res.GetPayload().(map[string]interface{})["netbox-version"]
+		netboxVersion := res.GetPayload().(map[string]interface{})["netbox-version"].(string)
 
-	supportedVersion := "3.1.9"
+		supportedVersions := []string{"3.1.9"}
 
-	if netboxVersion != supportedVersion {
+		if !slices.Contains(supportedVersions, netboxVersion) {
 
-		diags = append(diags, diag.Diagnostic{
-			Severity: diag.Warning,
-			Summary:  "Possibly unsupported Netbox version",
-			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("This provider was tested against Netbox v%s. Your Netbox version is v%v. Unexpected errors may occur.", supportedVersion, netboxVersion),
-		})
+			// Currently, there is no way to test these warnings. There is an issue to track this: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/issues/864
+			diags = append(diags, diag.Diagnostic{
+				Severity: diag.Warning,
+				Summary:  "Possibly unsupported Netbox version",
+				Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("Your Netbox version is v%v. The provider was successfully tested against the following versions:\n\n  %v\n\nUnexpected errors may occur.", netboxVersion, strings.Join(supportedVersions, ", ")),
+			})
+		}
 	}
 
 	return netboxClient, diags