terraform/website/docs/providers/index.html.markdown

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  Terraform is used to create, manage, and manipulate infrastructure resources. Examples of resources include physical machines, VMs, network switches, containers, etc. Almost any infrastructure noun can be represented as a resource in Terraform.
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# Providers

Terraform is used to create, manage, and update infrastructure resources such
as physical machines, VMs, network switches, containers, and more. Almost any
infrastructure type can be represented as a resource in Terraform.

A provider is responsible for understanding API interactions and exposing
resources. Providers generally are an IaaS (e.g. AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure,
OpenStack), PaaS (e.g. Heroku), or SaaS services (e.g. Terraform Enterprise,
DNSimple, CloudFlare).

Use the navigation to the left to find available providers by type or scroll
down to see all providers.


<table class="table">
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/alicloud/index.html">Alicloud</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/archive/index.html">Archive</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/aws/index.html">AWS</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tf>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/bitbucket/index.html">Bitbucket</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/clc/index.html">CenturyLinkCloud</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/chef/index.html">Chef</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/circonus/index.html">Circonus</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/cloudflare/index.html">Cloudflare</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/cloudscale/index.html">CloudScale.ch</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/cloudstack/index.html">CloudStack</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/cobbler/index.html">Cobbler</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/consul/index.html">Consul</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/datadog/index.html">Datadog</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/do/index.html">DigitalOcean</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/dns/index.html">DNS</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/dme/index.html">DNSMadeEasy</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/dnsimple/index.html">DNSimple</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/docker/index.html">Docker</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/dyn/index.html">Dyn</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/external/index.html">External</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/fastly/index.html">Fastly</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/github/index.html">GitHub</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/gitlab/index.html">Gitlab</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/google/index.html">Google Cloud</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/grafana/index.html">Grafana</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/heroku/index.html">Heroku</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/http/index.html">HTTP</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/icinga2/index.html">Icinga2</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/ignition/index.html">Ignition</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/influxdb/index.html">InfluxDB</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/kubernetes/index.html">Kubernetes</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/librato/index.html">Librato</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/local/index.html">Local</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/logentries/index.html">Logentries</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/logicmonitor/index.html">LogicMonitor</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/mailgun/index.html">Mailgun</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/azurerm/index.html">Microsoft Azure</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/azure/index.html">Microsoft Azure (Legacy ASM)</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/mysql/index.html">MySQL</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/newrelic/index.html">New Relic</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/nomad/index.html">Nomad</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/ns1/index.html">NS1</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/null/index.html">Null</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/oneandone/index.html">1&1</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/opc/index.html">Oracle Public Cloud</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/openstack/index.html">OpenStack</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/opentelekomcloud/index.html">OpenTelekomCloud</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/opsgenie/index.html">OpsGenie</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/ovh/index.html">OVH</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/packet/index.html">Packet</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/pagerduty/index.html">PagerDuty</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/postgresql/index.html">PostgreSQL</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/powerdns/index.html">PowerDNS</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/profitbricks/index.html">ProfitBricks</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/rabbitmq/index.html">RabbitMQ</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/rancher/index.html">Rancher</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/random/index.html">Random</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/rundeck/index.html">Rundeck</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/scaleway/index.html">Scaleway</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/softlayer/index.html">SoftLayer</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/statuscake/index.html">StatusCake</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/spotinst/index.html">Spotinst</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/template/index.html">Template</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/terraform/index.html">Terraform</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/terraform-enterprise/index.html">Terraform Enterprise</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/tls/index.html">TLS</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/triton/index.html">Triton</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/ultradns/index.html">UltraDNS</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/vault/index.html">Vault</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/vcd/index.html">VMware vCloud Director</a></td>
    <td><a href="/docs/providers/vsphere/index.html">VMware vSphere</a></td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
</table>