NetClaw Adds HashiCorp Terraform and Vault: Infrastructure as Code Meets Natural Language

Infrastructure automation through conversation. NetClaw now integrates with HashiCorp Terraform Cloud and Vault, bringing 6 new skills for managing infrastructure as code and secrets. Query workspace state, explore the Terraform Registry, retrieve certificates, and manage secrets—all through natural language.

The HashiCorp Stack

HashiCorp tools are foundational to modern infrastructure:

Terraform defines infrastructure as code, managing everything from cloud resources to network devices
Vault secures secrets, manages certificates, and provides encryption as a service

Network engineers increasingly rely on both. Now NetClaw speaks their language.

Terraform Cloud Integration: 3 Skills

terraform-registry

Explore the Terraform ecosystem:

Search the Terraform Registry for Cisco ACI providers

Show details for the hashicorp/aws provider

What modules exist for network automation?

List versions of the PAN-OS provider

Tools included: search_providers, get_provider, get_provider_versions, search_modules, get_module, get_module_versions

terraform-workspaces

Understand your infrastructure state:

List all Terraform workspaces in my organization

Show the current state of the production-network workspace

What resources are managed in the dmz-firewalls workspace?

Compare state between staging and production workspaces

Tools included: list_workspaces, get_workspace, get_workspace_state, list_state_versions, get_state_version, list_workspace_resources

terraform-operations

Monitor infrastructure changes:

Show recent runs for the network-core workspace

What's the status of the latest plan?

List runs that failed in the last 24 hours

Show the plan output for run-abc123

Tools included: list_runs, get_run, get_plan, list_applies, get_apply, get_run_logs

HashiCorp Vault Integration: 3 Skills

vault-secrets

Secure secrets management:

List secrets in the network-credentials path

Get the SNMP community strings from Vault

What secrets are stored under infrastructure/routers?

Show metadata for the admin-credentials secret

Tools included: list_secrets, get_secret, get_secret_metadata, list_secret_versions

vault-pki

Certificate lifecycle management:

List PKI roles in the network-ca mount

Generate a certificate for core-rtr-01.example.com

Show the CA certificate chain

What certificates are about to expire?

Tools included: list_pki_roles, get_pki_role, issue_certificate, get_ca_chain, list_certificates, get_certificate, revoke_certificate

vault-mounts

Understand your secrets architecture:

List all secrets engines in Vault

Show configuration for the network-kv mount

What auth methods are enabled?

Get details on the PKI secrets engine

Tools included: list_mounts, get_mount, list_auth_methods, get_auth_method

Quick Setup

Terraform Cloud

export TF_CLOUD_TOKEN="your-terraform-cloud-token"
export TF_CLOUD_ORGANIZATION="your-org-name"

Generate a token at app.terraform.io → User Settings → Tokens.

HashiCorp Vault

export VAULT_ADDR="https://vault.example.com:8200"
export VAULT_TOKEN="your-vault-token"
# Or use other auth methods:
export VAULT_ROLE_ID="your-role-id"
export VAULT_SECRET_ID="your-secret-id"

Real-World Workflow: Network Device Provisioning

Here’s how these integrations work together:

1. Find the Right Provider

netclaw: Search Terraform Registry for Juniper Junos providers

2. Check Workspace State

netclaw: Show resources in the juniper-spine-switches workspace

3. Get Credentials Securely

netclaw: Get the Juniper admin credentials from Vault

4. Generate Device Certificates

netclaw: Issue a certificate for spine-sw-01.dc1.example.com from the network-ca

5. Monitor the Deployment

netclaw: Show the status of the latest Terraform run for juniper-spine-switches

6. Verify State

netclaw: List all resources managed in the workspace after the apply

All secure. All audited. All conversational.

Integration Architecture

{
  "terraform-cloud-mcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "@hashicorp/terraform-mcp-server"],
    "env": {
      "TF_CLOUD_TOKEN": "${TF_CLOUD_TOKEN}",
      "TF_CLOUD_ORGANIZATION": "${TF_CLOUD_ORGANIZATION}"
    }
  },
  "vault-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-vault"],
    "env": {
      "VAULT_ADDR": "${VAULT_ADDR}",
      "VAULT_TOKEN": "${VAULT_TOKEN}"
    }
  }
}

Why This Matters for Network Engineers

Modern network infrastructure is increasingly defined in code:

Cisco ACI fabrics managed through Terraform
Palo Alto firewalls configured via providers
Cloud networking (VPCs, subnets, security groups) in HCL
Device credentials secured in Vault
Certificates for mutual TLS between network devices

By integrating Terraform and Vault, NetClaw bridges the gap between network operations and infrastructure as code practices.

Before:

# Check workspace state
terraform login
cd workspace
terraform state list
terraform state show resource.name

# Get credentials
vault login
vault kv get secret/network/credentials

After:

netclaw: List resources in the aci-production workspace 
         and get the APIC credentials from Vault

Security First

These integrations respect the security models of both platforms:

Terraform Cloud: Token-based auth with organization scoping
Vault: Full support for token, AppRole, and other auth methods
Audit: All operations logged through Vault’s audit backend
RBAC: Permissions enforced by the respective platforms

NetClaw never bypasses security—it just makes it more accessible.

The Infrastructure Stack

With Terraform and Vault joining Ansible, NetClaw now covers the major infrastructure automation tools:

Platform	Use Case	NetClaw Skills
Ansible	Configuration management	Existing
Terraform	Infrastructure as code	3 skills
Vault	Secrets management	3 skills

Network engineers have a complete automation toolkit through natural language.

NetClaw now supports 68 MCP servers with 124 skills. Your infrastructure as code just became conversational.

Get started at github.com/automateyournetwork/netclaw

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