Key Terms

Provider: Plugins for Terraform that interact with other tools such as cloud providers, SaaS applications, and other APIS.

Terraform Configuration: A document written in the Terraform language, which tells Terraform how to manage a collection of infrastructure.

Resource Block: Defines one or more infrastructure objects in a Terraform configuration. Each provider contains a collection of resources for managing its associated infrastructure.

Data Source: Used in a Terraform configuration to pull in data from another source to be used by Terraform. Providers can include data sources to access information from their associated infrastructure.

Terraform Registry: A repository of providers for Terraform. The registry is directly integrated with Terraform, allowing you to specify providers in your configuration files.