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page_title: "Provisioner Connections"
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Managing connection defaults for SSH and WinRM using the `connection` block.
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# Provisioner Connections
Many provisioners require access to the remote resource. For example,
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a provisioner may need to use SSH or WinRM to connect to the resource.
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-> **Note:** Provisioners should only be used as a last resort. For most
common situations there are better alternatives. For more information, see
[the main Provisioners page ](./ ).
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Terraform uses a number of defaults when connecting to a resource, but these can
be overridden using a `connection` block in either a `resource` or
`provisioner` . Any `connection` information provided in a `resource` will apply
to all the provisioners, but it can be scoped to a single provisioner as well.
One use case is to have an initial provisioner connect as the `root` user to
setup user accounts, and have subsequent provisioners connect as a user with
more limited permissions.
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## Example usage
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```hcl
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# Copies the file as the root user using SSH
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provisioner "file" {
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source = "conf/myapp.conf"
destination = "/etc/myapp.conf"
connection {
type = "ssh"
user = "root"
password = "${var.root_password}"
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host = "${var.host}"
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}
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}
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# Copies the file as the Administrator user using WinRM
provisioner "file" {
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source = "conf/myapp.conf"
destination = "C:/App/myapp.conf"
connection {
type = "winrm"
user = "Administrator"
password = "${var.admin_password}"
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host = "${var.host}"
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}
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}
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```
## Argument Reference
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**The following arguments are supported by all connection types:**
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* `type` - The connection type that should be used. Valid types are `ssh` and `winrm` .
Defaults to `ssh` .
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* `user` - The user that we should use for the connection.
Defaults to `root` when using type `ssh` and defaults to `Administrator` when using type `winrm` .
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* `password` - The password we should use for the connection. In some cases this is
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specified by the provider.
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* `host` - (Required) The address of the resource to connect to.
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* `port` - The port to connect to.
Defaults to `22` when using type `ssh` and defaults to `5985` when using type `winrm` .
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* `timeout` - The timeout to wait for the connection to become available. Should be provided as a string like `30s` or `5m` .
Defaults to 5 minutes.
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* `script_path` - The path used to copy scripts meant for remote execution.
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**Additional arguments only supported by the `ssh` connection type:**
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* `private_key` - The contents of an SSH key to use for the connection. These can
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be loaded from a file on disk using
[the `file` function ](/docs/configuration/functions/file.html ). This takes
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preference over the password if provided.
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* `certificate` - The contents of a signed CA Certificate. The certificate argument must be
used in conjunction with a `private_key` . These can
be loaded from a file on disk using the [the `file` function ](/docs/configuration/functions/file.html ).
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* `agent` - Set to `false` to disable using `ssh-agent` to authenticate. On Windows the
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only supported SSH authentication agent is
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[Pageant ](http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.66/htmldoc/Chapter9.html#pageant ).
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* `agent_identity` - The preferred identity from the ssh agent for authentication.
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* `host_key` - The public key from the remote host or the signing CA, used to
verify the connection.
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**Additional arguments only supported by the `winrm` connection type:**
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* `https` - Set to `true` to connect using HTTPS instead of HTTP.
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* `insecure` - Set to `true` to not validate the HTTPS certificate chain.
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* `use_ntlm` - Set to `true` to use NTLM authentication, rather than default (basic authentication), removing the requirement for basic authentication to be enabled within the target guest. Further reading for remote connection authentication can be found [here ](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384295(v=vs.85 ).aspx).
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* `cacert` - The CA certificate to validate against.
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< a id = "bastion" > < / a >
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## Connecting through a Bastion Host with SSH
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The `ssh` connection also supports the following fields to facilitate connnections via a
[bastion host ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_host ).
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* `bastion_host` - Setting this enables the bastion Host connection. This host
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will be connected to first, and then the `host` connection will be made from there.
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* `bastion_host_key` - The public key from the remote host or the signing CA,
used to verify the host connection.
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* `bastion_port` - The port to use connect to the bastion host. Defaults to the
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value of the `port` field.
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* `bastion_user` - The user for the connection to the bastion host. Defaults to
the value of the `user` field.
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* `bastion_password` - The password we should use for the bastion host.
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Defaults to the value of the `password` field.
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* `bastion_private_key` - The contents of an SSH key file to use for the bastion
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host. These can be loaded from a file on disk using
[the `file` function ](/docs/configuration/functions/file.html ).
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Defaults to the value of the `private_key` field.
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* `bastion_certificate` - The contents of a signed CA Certificate. The certificate argument
must be used in conjunction with a `bastion_private_key` . These can be loaded from
a file on disk using the [the `file` function ](/docs/configuration/functions/file.html ).