Foreman Plugin to Provision Hosts via OpenTofu for Diverse Compute and Virtualization Platforms
Manisha Singhal, Markus Bucher
Foreman provides framework for host provisioning and lifecycle management, but its integration with different compute resources remains limited. We are working on developing a new Foreman plugin for host provisioning via OpenTofu, enabling administrators to leverage OpenTofu’s extensive provider ecosystem directly within Foreman. The plugin abstracts OpenTofu operations to provision hosts across diverse compute environments while maintaining Foreman’s familiar management interface. Designed with extensibility in mind, it supports easy adaptation for new resource types and providers. The integration brings together Foreman’s orchestration and OpenTofu’s declarative model to simplify and automate provisioning. The talk discusses the plugin’s architecture, implementation details, and use cases demonstrating improved scalability and flexibility in diverse compute and virtualization environments.
