[unethical_ban]

In my previous role, the secdevops groups (matrixed teams) were building custom terraform modules for our devs to use in order to easily deploy compliant AWS infrastructure - and devs could only deploy via terraform/CI-CD. While TF specifically states that custom modules are not meant to be used as wrappers, I thought it was a clever way to try getting security "out of the way" while still enforcing best practices.

[darkwater]

> While TF specifically states that custom modules are not meant to be used as wrappers

What do you mean with this?

[easton]

"We do not recommend writing modules that are just thin wrappers around single other resource types. If you have trouble finding a name for your module that isn't the same as the main resource type inside it, that may be a sign that your module is not creating any new abstraction and so the module is adding unnecessary complexity. Just use the resource type directly in the calling module instead."

from https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/modules/develop/index...

If you write different versions of the terraform modules that do some corporate specific magic, I think that would be okay under this rule. It's when you're writing a module that doesn't do any useful magic that they want you to stop and think.