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GKE Cluster (Autopilot & Standard)

Private, Workload-Identity-enabled GKE cluster with managed node pools, release channels and maintenance windows, hardened to Google best practice.

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Part of: GCP Kubernetes Platform

gcp-gke-clusterterraform v1.7

Verification

Live-tested

Really deployed to a cloud sandbox, verified against its outputs and assertions, then destroyed - with the teardown confirmed.

Conformance

  • Static validation (fmt · validate · tflint)
  • Security scan clean (Checkov)
  • Plan test superseded by live test

Provenance

Functional

  • Live-tested - applied, verified, destroyed

Last verified 2026-06-30 · how we verify

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# 1. Our pinned public key - fetch once, trust out-of-band
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# 2. This module's Sigstore bundle
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  https://www.iac-bazaar.com/api/artifacts/gcp-gke-cluster/signature

# 3. Verify the tarball you downloaded
cosign verify-blob \
  --key cosign.pub \
  --bundle gcp-gke-cluster-1.0.0.sigstore.json \
  gcp-gke-cluster-1.0.0.tar.gz
# → Verified OK

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Use it from the registry

terraform · opentofu
module "gke_cluster" {
  source  = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/gcp-gke-cluster/gcp"
  version = "1.0.0"
}

Paid module — needs a purchase (or a subscription that covers it) plus a registry token from /account/tokens. Full setup: registry docs.

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Documentation

gcp-gke-cluster

Private, Workload-Identity-enabled GKE cluster with managed node pools, release channels and maintenance windows, hardened to Google best practice. Runs in Autopilot or Standard mode from the same module: private nodes, Dataplane V2, shielded nodes with secure boot, a dedicated least-privilege node service account, and deletion protection on by default. Works with Terraform and OpenTofu (>= 1.6), Google provider >= 7.0, < 8.0.

Secure defaults:

  • Private nodes (no public node IPs), optional fully-private endpoint
  • Workload Identity enabled (PROJECT.svc.id.goog)
  • Dedicated node service account with only the logging/monitoring/Artifact Registry roles GKE needs (never the default compute SA)
  • Shielded nodes, secure boot, integrity monitoring, GKE_METADATA workload metadata, legacy metadata endpoints disabled
  • Release-channel upgrades inside a weekend maintenance window
  • deletion_protection = true

Requirements

RequirementVersion
Terraform / OpenTofu>= 1.6
hashicorp/google>= 7.0, < 8.0

The subnetwork must already have the two named secondary IP ranges (pods + services). Pair with the gcp-vpc module from this catalog.

License

Commercial — IaC Bazaar EULA. © IaC Bazaar. Original work (not derived from a third-party module).

Usage code & full reference unlock after purchase

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