From c3cc0b25389ec1be5366e73ca074e0c4e3636ea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Glasser Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:09:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify an internal-plugins header --- website/source/docs/internals/internal-plugins.html.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/internals/internal-plugins.html.md b/website/source/docs/internals/internal-plugins.html.md index bb99f8094..dc3c96428 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/internals/internal-plugins.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/internals/internal-plugins.html.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description: |- Terraform providers and provisioners are provided via plugins. Each plugin provides an implementation for a specific service, such as AWS, or provisioner, such as bash. Plugins are executed as a separate process and communicate with the main Terraform binary over an RPC interface. -# Upgrading From 0.7 and Earlier +# Upgrading From Versions Earlier Than 0.7 In versions of Terraform prior to 0.7, each plugin shipped as a separate binary. In versions of Terraform >= 0.7, all of the official plugins are shipped as a single binary. This saves a lot of disk space and makes downloads faster for you! @@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ By using the network RPC interface, you can build and distribute a plugin for Te In theory, because the plugin interface is HTTP, you could even develop a plugin using a completely different programming language! (Disclaimer, you would also have to re-implement the plugin API which is not a trivial amount of work.) -So to conclude, with the RPC interface _and_ internal plugins, we get the best of all of these features: Binaries that _Just Work_, savings from shared code, and extensibility through plugins. We hope you enjoy using these features in Terraform. \ No newline at end of file +So to conclude, with the RPC interface _and_ internal plugins, we get the best of all of these features: Binaries that _Just Work_, savings from shared code, and extensibility through plugins. We hope you enjoy using these features in Terraform.