Merge pull request #26203 from hashicorp/pselle/deprecate-vendor-provisioners

Deprecate vendor (3rd party) provisioners

configs/provisioner.go

@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ func decodeProvisionerBlock(block *hcl.Block) (*Provisioner, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	content, config, diags := block.Body.PartialContent(provisionerBlockSchema)
 	pv.Config = config
 
+	switch pv.Type {
+	case "chef", "habitat", "puppet", "salt-masterless":
+		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
+			Severity: hcl.DiagWarning,
+			Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("The \"%s\" provisioner is deprecated", pv.Type),
+			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("The \"%s\" provisioner is deprecated and will be removed from future versions of Terraform. Visit https://learn.hashicorp.com/collections/terraform/provision for alternatives to using provisioners that are a better fit for the Terraform workflow.", pv.Type),
+			Subject:  &pv.TypeRange,
+		})
+	}
+
 	if attr, exists := content.Attributes["when"]; exists {
 		expr, shimDiags := shimTraversalInString(attr.Expr, true)
 		diags = append(diags, shimDiags...)

configs/testdata/warning-files/vendor_provisioners.tf

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+resource "null_resource" "test" {
+  provisioner "habitat" {} # WARNING: The "habitat" provisioner is deprecated
+}

website/docs/provisioners/chef.html.markdown

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ The `chef` provisioner installs, configures and runs the Chef Client on a remote
 resource. The `chef` provisioner supports both `ssh` and `winrm` type
 [connections](/docs/provisioners/connection.html).
 
--> **Note:** Provisioners should only be used as a last resort. For most
+-> **Note:** This provisioner has been deprecated as of Terraform 0.13.3 and will be
-common situations there are better alternatives. For more information, see
+removed in a future version of Terraform. For most common situations there are better
+alternatives to using provisioners. For more information, see
 [the main Provisioners page](./).
 
 ## Requirements

website/docs/provisioners/habitat.html.markdown

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ description: |-
 
 The `habitat` provisioner installs the [Habitat](https://habitat.sh) supervisor and loads configured services. This provisioner only supports Linux targets using the `ssh` connection type at this time.
 
--> **Note:** Provisioners should only be used as a last resort. For most
+-> **Note:** This provisioner has been deprecated as of Terraform 0.13.3 and will be
-common situations there are better alternatives. For more information, see
+removed in a future version of Terraform. For most common situations there are better
+alternatives to using provisioners. For more information, see
 [the main Provisioners page](./).
 
 ## Requirements

website/docs/provisioners/puppet.html.markdown

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ The `puppet` provisioner installs, configures and runs the Puppet agent on a
 remote resource. The `puppet` provisioner supports both `ssh` and `winrm` type
 [connections](/docs/provisioners/connection.html).
 
--> **Note:** Provisioners should only be used as a last resort. For most
+-> **Note:** This provisioner has been deprecated as of Terraform 0.13.3 and will be
-common situations there are better alternatives. For more information, see
+removed in a future version of Terraform. For most common situations there are better
+alternatives to using provisioners. For more information, see
 [the main Provisioners page](./).
 
 ## Requirements

website/docs/provisioners/salt-masterless.html.md

@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ Type: `salt-masterless`
 The `salt-masterless` Terraform provisioner provisions machines built by Terraform
 using [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) states, without connecting to a Salt master. The `salt-masterless` provisioner supports `ssh` [connections](/docs/provisioners/connection.html).
 
--> **Note:** Provisioners should only be used as a last resort. For most
+-> **Note:** This provisioner has been deprecated as of Terraform 0.13.3 and will be
-common situations there are better alternatives. For more information, see
+removed in a future version of Terraform. For most common situations there are better
+alternatives to using provisioners. For more information, see
 [the main Provisioners page](./).
 
 ## Requirements