Automate Terraform Documentation with MkDocs: Streamline Your Documentation Workflow

Introduction

Maintaining accurate Terraform documentation is essential for collaboration and understanding within infrastructure-as-code projects. Unfortunately, manual updates introduce the risk of outdated or inconsistent information. Automating your documentation workflow with MkDocs, a versatile static site generator, offers a streamlined solution. This approach ensures your documentation remains in sync with your codebase, saving time and promoting accuracy. Let’s explore how to implement this automation for consistently up-to-date and reliable Terraform project documentation.

Example code, to follow the article can be found here https://github.com/spotlessthoughful/mkdocs-terraform

Code And Deployment

Creating Your Modules Project/Repository

Create a new Github repository with a readme and .gitignore file for Terraform. Clone this repository to your local machine and optionally create a new python virtual environment.

Installing Dependencies