New data source: google_compute_instance_template

[universalvishwa]

Current Terraform Version

Terraform v0.11.10

Use-cases

As a workaround for the following issues,
hashicorp/terraform-provider-google#1601
#11905

If there was a data source which I can query for an exist instance template I can refer to it in my instance group terraform resource. Then I can avoid having to recreate the instance template in one terraform run. I can separate it from that instance group.

I think this is a very important data source for Google cloud in general.

Expected result: a data source

data.google_compute_instance_template

Attempted Solutions

I've tried to get the instance template self_link by running it inside a local-provisioner of the instance groups resource. But, it's not working not as seamless as I expected it.

Proposal

Please create a data source to query existing data sources in GCP projects.
I've seen that there was some other who have asked for this in the past.
hashicorp/terraform-provider-google#365

References

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