Terraform not deploying api gateway stage

Question

I have been trying to create an API Gateway endpoint using terraform. Everything seems to be working except the last part of deploying a stage.

After I run terraform apply I go into the console and I find that the deployment has not happened. I need to manually click on Deploy Api in order to get it working.

Here's the terraform file for the api gateway.

variable "region" {}
variable "account_id" {}

resource "aws_api_gateway_rest_api" "online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api" {
  name = "online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api"
  description = "The endpoint that test has to hit when new client reports are available."
  depends_on = ["aws_lambda_function.onlinetax_test_endpoint_lambda"]
}

resource "aws_api_gateway_resource" "test_client_report_resource" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  parent_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.root_resource_id}"
  path_part = "test_client_report"
}

resource "aws_api_gateway_method" "test_client_report_method" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  resource_id = "${aws_api_gateway_resource.test_client_report_resource.id}"
  http_method = "POST"
  authorization = "NONE"
}

resource "aws_api_gateway_integration" "test_client_report_resource_integration" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  resource_id = "${aws_api_gateway_resource.test_client_report_resource.id}"
  http_method = "${aws_api_gateway_method.test_client_report_method.http_method}"
  type = "AWS"
  integration_http_method = "${aws_api_gateway_method.test_client_report_method.http_method}"
  uri = "arn:aws:apigateway:${var.region}:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/${aws_lambda_function.onlinetax_test_endpoint_lambda.arn}/invocations"
  request_templates = {
    "application/json" = "${file("${path.module}/generic_request_mapping_template.vm")}"
  }
}

resource "aws_api_gateway_method_response" "200" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  resource_id = "${aws_api_gateway_resource.test_client_report_resource.id}"
  http_method = "${aws_api_gateway_method.test_client_report_method.http_method}"
  status_code = "200"
}

resource "aws_api_gateway_integration_response" "test_client_report_resource_integration_default_response" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  resource_id = "${aws_api_gateway_resource.test_client_report_resource.id}"
  http_method = "${aws_api_gateway_method.test_client_report_method.http_method}"
  status_code = "${aws_api_gateway_method_response.200.status_code}"
  selection_pattern = ""
  depends_on = ["aws_api_gateway_integration.test_client_report_resource_integration"]
}

resource "aws_api_gateway_method_response" "500" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  resource_id = "${aws_api_gateway_resource.test_client_report_resource.id}"
  http_method = "${aws_api_gateway_method.test_client_report_method.http_method}"
  status_code = "500"
}

resource "aws_api_gateway_integration_response" "test_client_report_resource_integration_error_response" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  resource_id = "${aws_api_gateway_resource.test_client_report_resource.id}"
  http_method = "${aws_api_gateway_method.test_client_report_method.http_method}"
  status_code = "${aws_api_gateway_method_response.500.status_code}"
  selection_pattern = ".*?Error.*"
  depends_on = ["aws_api_gateway_integration.test_client_report_resource_integration"]
}

resource "aws_lambda_permission" "allow_api_gateway" {
    statement_id = "AllowExecutionFromAPIGateway"
    action = "lambda:InvokeFunction"
    function_name = "${aws_lambda_function.onlinetax_test_endpoint_lambda.arn}"
    principal = "apigateway.amazonaws.com"
    source_arn = "arn:aws:execute-api:${var.region}:${var.account_id}:${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}/*/${aws_api_gateway_integration.test_client_report_resource_integration.integration_http_method}${aws_api_gateway_resource.test_client_report_resource.path}"
    depends_on = ["aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api"]
}

#This is the part that doesn't seem to work. 
resource "aws_api_gateway_deployment" "qa5" {
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.online_tax_test_client_report_endpoint_api.id}"
  stage_name = "qa5"
  depends_on = ["aws_api_gateway_method.test_client_report_method"]
}

Edit

Added the graph in :

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The Graph has other resources which I have not provided in the tf file above. Its only the API GW that has issues. By the way, I am able to test the API from the console and it works fine. I am not able to execute it from my localbox or postman.

Any idea on what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

TF does not deploy the API, this link might help you: https://medium.com/coryodaniel/til-forcing-terraform-to-deploy-a-aws-api-gateway-deployment-ed36a9f60c1a

I've fixed mine by adding the variable deployed_at:

resource "aws_api_gateway_deployment" "api_ingest_deployment" {
  depends_on = ["aws_api_gateway_method.xxx",
                "aws_api_gateway_integration.yyy",
                "aws_api_gateway_integration.zzz",
                "aws_api_gateway_integration.www",
  ]
  rest_api_id = "${aws_api_gateway_rest_api.foo.id}"
  stage_name = "${var.environment}"

  variables {
    deployed_at = "${timestamp()}"
  }
}

the downside is that if done this way it will always deploy, even if there's no change

Answer 2

None of the other solutions here worked for me as I get this error:

BadRequestException: Active stages pointing to this deployment must be moved or deleted

This is the solution that worked for me:

resource "aws_api_gateway_deployment" "api_deployment" {
  rest_api_id       = aws_api_gateway_rest_api.api.id
  stage_name        = "default"
  stage_description = "Deployed at ${timestamp()}"

  lifecycle {
    create_before_destroy = true
  }
}

Tested on Terraform 0.12.24