provider.tf

• https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/providers/configuration.html

• skip final snapshot = true

Examples

AWS examples

provider "aws" {
  region = "us-west-2"
  profile = "your-profile-name"
}

provider "aws" {
  region = "us-east-1"
  access_key = "ACCESS_KEY_HERE"
  secret_key = "SECRET_KEY_HERE"
}

Google Cloud example

provider "google" {
 region  = "us-central1"
 project = "your-project-name"
}

Backend

https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/backends/s3.html#example-configuration
terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket = "mybucket"
    key    = "path/to/my/key"
    region = "us-east-1"
  }
}

Errors

• Error: configuring Terraform AWS Provider: no valid credential sources for Terraform AWS Provider found.

Related terms

• Terraform backend: Terraform S3 backend
• Terraform providers: provider.tf
• terraform init
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-structure-a-terraform-project

See also

• Terraform configuration files, Terraform state files: .tf, .tfvars, main.tf, outputs.tf, variables.tf, .terraform.d/, terraform init, providers.tf, .terraform/, terraform.tfstate, .terraform.lock.hcl, terraform.tfstate.d, override.tf, versions.tf
• Terraform, OpenTofu, Installation, Terraform AWS, Terraform GCP, Terraform commands, Terraform Cloud, Terraform Enterprise (TFE), HCL, HIL, meta-arguments, providers, modules, resource, provisioners, data sources, backends: remote backends, examples, configuration files, state files, variables, types, Terraform Registry, conditionals: depends_on, functions, Blocks, dynamic blocks, errors, Terragrunt, Terraformer, Terratest, Terraform certifications, Terraform map type, Terraform Associate, Terraform: list type, TF_VAR_, TF_LOG, Terraform provider versioning, Terraform Style Conventions, Required version, Terraform plugin, Terraform Named Values, tags, Changelog, tfsec, tflint, Operators, Expressions: for, splat, Debugging, Namespaces, Terraform Landing Zones, CDKTF, Atmos