What you'll learn

Systems administrators and DevOps engineers have always been charged to do more with less. Defining infrastructure in code and automating its deployment helps improve operational efficiency and lower administrative overhead. In this course, Terraform: Providers, you'll build on your foundational knowledge of Terraform to better understand the role of providers in a configuration. First, you'll discover how Terraform uses providers to interact with services and platforms. Next, you’ll explore the Terraform registry and how to manage provider versions. Finally, you’ll learn how to define multiple instances of a provider in a single configuration. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the knowledge required to take your Terraform configurations to the next level.