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Previously we were only verifying locked hashes for local archive zip files, but if we have non-ziphash hashes available then we can and should also verify that a local directory matches at least one of them. This does mean that folks using filesystem mirrors but yet also running Terraform across multiple platforms will need to take some extra care to ensure the hashes pass on all relevant platforms, which could mean using "terraform providers lock" to pre-seed their lock files with hashes across all platforms, or could mean using the "packed" directory layout for the filesystem mirror so that Terraform will end up in the install-from-archive codepath instead of this install-from-directory codepath, and can thus verify ziphash too. (There's no additional documentation about the above here because there's already general information about this in the lock file documentation due to some similar -- though not identical -- situations with network mirrors.)
Terraform
- Website: https://www.terraform.io
- Forums: HashiCorp Discuss
- Documentation: https://www.terraform.io/docs/
- Tutorials: HashiCorp's Learn Platform
- Certification Exam: HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
Terraform is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently. Terraform can manage existing and popular service providers as well as custom in-house solutions.
The key features of Terraform are:
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Infrastructure as Code: Infrastructure is described using a high-level configuration syntax. This allows a blueprint of your datacenter to be versioned and treated as you would any other code. Additionally, infrastructure can be shared and re-used.
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Execution Plans: Terraform has a "planning" step where it generates an execution plan. The execution plan shows what Terraform will do when you call apply. This lets you avoid any surprises when Terraform manipulates infrastructure.
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Resource Graph: Terraform builds a graph of all your resources, and parallelizes the creation and modification of any non-dependent resources. Because of this, Terraform builds infrastructure as efficiently as possible, and operators get insight into dependencies in their infrastructure.
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Change Automation: Complex changesets can be applied to your infrastructure with minimal human interaction. With the previously mentioned execution plan and resource graph, you know exactly what Terraform will change and in what order, avoiding many possible human errors.
For more information, see the introduction section of the Terraform website.
Getting Started & Documentation
Documentation is available on the Terraform website:
If you're new to Terraform and want to get started creating infrastructure, please check out our Getting Started guides on HashiCorp's learning platform. There are also additional guides to continue your learning.
Show off your Terraform knowledge by passing a certification exam. Visit the certification page for information about exams and find study materials on HashiCorp's learning platform.
Developing Terraform
This repository contains only Terraform core, which includes the command line interface and the main graph engine. Providers are implemented as plugins that each have their own repository in the terraform-providers organization on GitHub. Instructions for developing each provider are in the associated README file. For more information, see the provider development overview.
To learn more about compiling Terraform and contributing suggested changes, please refer to the contributing guide.
To learn more about how we handle bug reports, please read the bug triage guide.