Harbor Terraform

Harbor Terraform Provider

Provider: goharbor/harbor. Latest: v3.12.0 (Jun 4, 2026). Registry: v3.11.6 (Apr 22, 2026). Source: github.com/goharbor/terraform-provider-harbor.

Tested against: Harbor 2.13–2.15, Terraform 1.12–1.14.

Provider Config

terraform {
  required_providers {
    harbor = {
      source  = "goharbor/harbor"
      version = "~> 3.11"
    }
  }
}

provider "harbor" {
  url       = "https://harbor.example.com"
  username  = "admin"
  password  = var.harbor_password
  insecure  = false    # Verify TLS (default: true — must explicitly set false)
}

Auth Methods

api_version (default: 2) — use 1 for Harbor pre-2.0. robot_prefix — auto-detected via admin API unless explicitly set.

Resources (20)

Projects

resource "harbor_project" "myapp" {
  name                   = "myapp"
  public                 = false
  vulnerability_scanning = true
  vulnerability_scanner  = "Trivy"             # v3.11.6+: per-project scanner override
  enable_content_trust   = true                # Notary
  enable_content_trust_cosign = false          # Cosign signatures
  auto_sbom_generation   = true                # Harbor 2.11+ SBOM on push
  storage_quota          = 100                 # GB
  deployment_security    = "high"              # Block images >= this severity
  cve_allowlist          = ["CVE-1234"]
  force_destroy          = false               # Allow destroy even with repos
}

# Proxy cache project
resource "harbor_registry" "dockerhub" {
  provider_name = "docker-hub"
  name          = "dockerhub-proxy"
  endpoint_url  = "https://hub.docker.com"
}

resource "harbor_project" "proxy" {
  name                           = "docker-proxy"
  registry_id                    = harbor_registry.dockerhub.registry_id
  proxy_speed_kb                 = -1
  proxy_cache_local_on_not_found = true   # Harbor 2.15.1+
}

Robot Accounts

# System-level
resource "harbor_robot_account" "system" {
  name        = "ci-system"
  description = "System-level CI robot"
  level       = "system"
  secret      = random_password.robot.result
  permissions {
    kind      = "project"
    namespace = "*"    # All projects
    access {
      resource = "repository"
      action   = "pull"
    }
  }
}

# Project-level
resource "harbor_robot_account" "deploy" {
  name        = "ci-deploy"
  description = "Deploy robot for myapp"
  level       = "project"
  permissions {
    kind      = "project"
    namespace = harbor_project.myapp.name
    access {
      resource = "repository"
      action   = "pull"
    }
    access {
      resource = "repository"
      action   = "push"
    }
  }
}

Replication

resource "harbor_replication" "backup" {
  name        = "replicate-to-dr"
  description = "Replicate myapp to DR site"
  registry_id = harbor_registry.dr.registry_id
  destination = "harbor"
  filters {
    name_filter = "myapp/**"
    resource    = "image"
  }
  trigger {
    type          = "event_based"
    override      = true
    target_events = ["imageUpload", "imageDelete"]
  }
  enabled = true
}

Retention Policies

resource "harbor_retention_policy" "main" {
  scope = harbor_project.myapp.id
  rule {
    tag_selectors {
      kind       = "doublestar"
      decoration = "matches"
      pattern    = "**"
      extras     = jsonencode({untagged: true})
    }
    scope_selectors {
      kind       = "project"
      decoration = "repoMatches"
      pattern    = "**"
    }
    action    = "retain"
    template  = "always"
    params    = jsonencode({num_latest_per_artifact: 10})
  }
}

System Configuration

resource "harbor_config_system" "cfg" {
  project_creation_restriction = "adminonly"
  robot_token_expiration       = 30
  robot_name_prefix            = "harbor@"
  storage_per_project          = 100
  notification_enable          = true
  banner_notification          = "Production Harbor - no test data"
}

resource "harbor_config_auth" "auth" {
  auth_mode          = "oidc_auth"
  oidc_name          = "dex"
  oidc_endpoint      = "https://dex.example.com"
  oidc_client_id     = "harbor"
  oidc_client_secret = var.oidc_secret
  oidc_scope         = "openid,profile,email,groups"
  oidc_verify_cert   = true
}

resource "harbor_config_security" "sec" {
  cve_allowlist = ["CVE-2024-1234", "CVE-2025-5678"]
  expires_at    = "1893456000"
}

Other Resources

Data Sources (8)

Importing Existing Resources

terraform import harbor_project.main /projects/1
terraform import harbor_robot_account.system /robots/123
terraform import harbor_label.main /labels/1
terraform import harbor_user.main /users/42

Common Mistakes

• Robot secret not stored in state — secret is sensitive. Use random_password resource and secret = resource.random_password.robot.result.
• force_destroy required for non-empty projects — Set to true to delete projects that still contain repos.
• OIDC session_id is experimental — Will be deprecated when Harbor provides a better auth method. Prefer bearer_token or basic auth.
• Robot prefix auto-detection — Requires admin API access. Without it, set robot_prefix explicitly in provider config.
• registry_id vs id — The harbor_registry resources expose .registry_id (int), not .id. Use .registry_id when referencing in projects.
• v3.12.0 not on registry yet — Latest on Terraform Registry is v3.11.6. Use source = "goharbor/harbor" + version constraint if depending on v3.12.0 features (per-project scanner, proxy cache local-on-not-found).