---
description: >-
  The tofu providers command prints information about the providers
  required in the current configuration.
---

# Command: providers

The `tofu providers` command shows information about the
[provider requirements](../../../language/providers/requirements.mdx) of the
configuration in the current working directory, as an aid to understanding
where each requirement was detected from.

This command also has several subcommands with different purposes.

## Usage

Usage: `tofu providers [options]`

```
$ tofu providers

Providers required by configuration:
.
└── module.submodule
    ├── provider[registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/tfcoremock]
    └── module.nested

Providers required by state:

    provider[registry.opentofu.org/hashicorp/tfcoremock]
```

:::note
Use of variables in [module sources](../../../language/modules/sources.mdx#support-for-variable-and-local-evaluation),
[backend configuration](../../../language/settings/backends/configuration.mdx#variables-and-locals),
or [encryption block](../../../language/state/encryption.mdx#configuration)
requires [assigning values to root module variables](../../../language/values/variables.mdx#assigning-values-to-root-module-variables)
when running `tofu providers`.
:::

This command accepts the following options:

* `-var 'NAME=VALUE'` - Sets a value for a single
  [input variable](../../../language/values/variables.mdx) declared in the
  root module of the configuration. Use this option multiple times to set
  more than one variable. Refer to
  [Input Variables on the Command Line](../plan.mdx#input-variables-on-the-command-line) for more information.

* `-var-file=FILENAME` - Sets values for potentially many
  [input variables](../../../language/values/variables.mdx) declared in the
  root module of the configuration, using definitions from a
  ["tfvars" file](../../../language/values/variables.mdx#variable-definitions-tfvars-files).
  Use this option multiple times to include values from more than one file.

There are several other ways to set values for input variables in the root
module, aside from the `-var` and `-var-file` options. Refer to
[Assigning Values to Root Module Variables](../../../language/values/variables.mdx#assigning-values-to-root-module-variables) for more information.