How to hide a coder_app resource?

[ElioDiNino]

I want to build a template where a user can choose whether or not they want coder-server installed and available. I have this working with a boolean parameter and the following within the startup script:

if "${data.coder_parameter.code_server.value}"
then
  # install and start code-server
  curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server
  /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
fi

The issue is that there is no way to render the associated coder_app resource conditionally, so if a user chooses not to install coder-server through the parameter then they get the following instead of it being hidden.

Adding a boolean hide field like coder_metadata has would allow template creators to conditionally render any coder_app they want which would enable users choosing which apps they want available through parameters without confusing UI results (i.e. my screenshot above)

[kylecarbs]

Good feature! Thanks :)

[MrPeacockNLB]

We use count in Terraform to enable/disable a coder_app resource. But we know at provision time if a coder_app is enabled or not.

This should work in your case as you already know if the developer wants a coder instance.

resource "coder_app" "code-server" {
  count        = (data.coder_parameter.code_server.value == true) ? 1 : 0

  agent_id     = coder_agent.main.id
  slug         = "code-server"
  display_name = "code-server"
...

[ElioDiNino]

We use count in Terraform to enable/disable a coder_app resource. But we know at provision time if a coder_app is enabled or not.

This should work in your case as you already know if the developer wants a coder instance.

resource "coder_app" "code-server" {
  count        = (data.coder_parameter.code_server.value == true) ? 1 : 0

  agent_id     = coder_agent.main.id
  slug         = "code-server"
  display_name = "code-server"
...

Oh that's perfect! I should have tried that first thanks. Everything works as expected with this solution so I will close this issue

[sharkymark]

Cool stuff here. I made a template with true false to install Coder's code-server

And another template if Microsoft or Coder's code-server is needed