Deploy Multiple Devices

Deploy Terraform configuration to a selected set of devices safely.

Inputs

• Terraform working directory
• Target mode (all devices, device-family keyword, role group, or explicit resource list)
• Optional plan filename

Steps

1. Validate context

• Confirm working directory contains Terraform files.
• Confirm host and port are configured for each targeted provider alias.

2. Resolve target set

• device-family keyword: include all resources requested by the selected family scope.
• role group: map requested group to exact resource addresses.
• explicit list: validate each supplied resource address.
• If ambiguous, list candidates and ask user to confirm.

Example family mapping (example only):

• vqfx -> terraform-provider-junos-vqfx-evpn-vxlan.*
• srx -> terraform-provider-junos-vsrx-evpn-vxlan.*

3. Create batch plan

• For all devices, run full terraform plan -out .
• For subsets, run one terraform plan with multiple -target flags and -out .

4. Apply batch plan

• Run terraform apply .

5. Verify post-apply

• Run terraform plan.
• Confirm if final plan is clean or list remaining changes.

6. Report

• Summarize mode (family/group/list/all), targeted devices, plan filename, apply status, and post-check result.

Guardrails

• Prefer saved plan files for batch operations.
• Do not use -auto-approve unless the user explicitly requests it.
• Do not run terraform init when provider dev_overrides are active.
• If endpoint lookup or connectivity fails for any target, stop and provide host/port remediation steps.