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Upgrading to CDK for Terraform Version 0.6

CDK for Terraform version 0.6 uses constructs version 10. If you are using more advanced APIs from the constructs library, refer to the Constructs API Changes section.

Background

Since version 0.6 the cdktf package depends on constructs v10 (formerly was v3). While that jump might look big, v10 is actually going to be the next major version after v3. We made this change because the constructs lib v10 is supposed to stay around for a while and is supposed to offer a very stable API.

To achieve this stability in the core functionality a lot has been removed from v10. For further background information you can read into the PR for v10 or the AWS CDK RFC Removal of Construct Compatibility Layer.

While using the v0.6 cdktf-cli to deploy stacks that are using an older version of cdktf and constructs should still work, we recommend upgrading the cdktf and constructs packages.

Pre-built providers

All upcoming releases of the pre-built providers will depend on constructs v10. So we recommend to upgrade your project. If you cannot upgrade the cdktf version, you can switch to generating provider bindings via cdktf get.

Upgrading a TypeScript / JavaScript CDKTF project

To upgrade a TypeScript or JavaScript CDKTF project, adjust the versions in the package.json file of your project.

{
  // ...
  "dependencies": {
    "cdktf": "^0.6.0",
    "constructs": "^10.0.5"
  }
}

Afterwards run npm install to update the depedencies and cdktf get to re-generate the provider bindings if you don't only use pre-built providers.

Upgrading a Python CDKTF project

pipenv (python-template)

To upgrade a Python CDKTF project using pipenv, adjust the versions in the Pipfile of your project.

[packages]
cdktf = "~=0.6.0"

Afterwards run pipenv install to update the depedencies and cdktf get to re-generate the provider bindings if you don't only use pre-built providers.

Pip3 (python-pip-template)

To upgrade a Python CDKTF project using pip3, adjust the versions in the requirements.txt of your project.

cdktf~=0.6.0

Afterwards run pip3 install -r requirements.txt to update the depedencies and cdktf get to re-generate the provider bindings if you don't only use pre-built providers.

Upgrading a Java CDKTF project

To upgrade a Java CDKTF project, adjust the versions in the pom.xml file of your project.

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.hashicorp</groupId>
      <artifactId>cdktf</artifactId>
      <version>0.6.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>software.constructs</groupId>
      <artifactId>constructs</artifactId>
      <version>10.0.5</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <!-- ... -->
</project>

Afterwards run mvn install to update the depedencies and cdktf get to re-generate the provider bindings if you don't only use pre-built providers.

Upgrading a CSharp CDKTF project

To upgrade a C# CDKTF project, adjust the versions in the *.csproj file of your project.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <!-- ... -->
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="HashiCorp.Cdktf" Version="0.6.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

Afterwards run dotnet restore to update the depedencies and cdktf get to re-generate the provider bindings if you don't only use pre-built providers.

Upgrading a Golang CDKTF project

To upgrade a Golang CDKTF project, adjust the versions in the go.mod file of your project.

require github.com/aws/constructs-go/constructs/v10 v10.0.5
require github.com/hashicorp/terraform-cdk-go/cdktf v0.6.0

Afterwards run go get to update the depedencies and cdktf get to re-generate the provider bindings if you don't only use pre-built providers.

You also need to adjust all imports to refer to constructs/v10 instead of constructs/v3.

import (
    "github.com/aws/constructs-go/constructs/v10"
)

Constructs API Changes

Aspects moved to cdktf

Aspects are now part of cdktf as they've been removed from constructs. If you use them, you need to change your import statement to import them from the cdktf package. The API also has changed a bit:

// to register Aspects, use
import { Aspects } from "cdktf"; // new
Aspects.of(construct).add(aspect);

// instead of
construct.node.applyAspect(aspect); // old

construct.node.addInfo() / addWarning() / addError() moved to Annotations

The aforementioned methods are now available via the Annotations API:

// use
import { Annotations } from "cdktf"; // new
Annotations.of(construct).addInfo("hello");

// instead of
construct.node.addInfo("hello"); // old

Annotations will also be printed by the cdktf-cli after your stack was synthesized. One ore more error annotations will make the synth fail.

onPrepare() and prepare() have been removed

// use
import { Aspects } from "cdktf";
class MyConstruct extends Construct {
  constructor(scope: IConstruct, id: string) {
    super(scope, id);

    Aspects.of(this).add({
      visit: (node: IConstruct) => {
        // visit will also be called on any childs of this construct
        if (node === this) console.log("some work");
      },
    });
  }
}

// instead of
class MyConstruct extends Construct {
  onPrepare() {
    console.log("some work");
  }
}

onSynthesize has been removed

Should you need support for this, please file a new issue on this repo and describe your use-case.

Further support

If you encounter anything that is missing from this guide or not working as expected, please don't hesitate to file a bug so we can improve this guide. You can also post your question to HashiCorp Discuss using the terraform-cdk category.

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