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  Nomad is a cluster scheduler. The Nomad provider exposes resources to interact with a Nomad cluster.
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# Nomad Provider

[Nomad](https://www.nomadproject.io) is a cluster scheduler. The Nomad
provider exposes resources to interact with a Nomad cluster.

Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.

## Example Usage

```hcl
# Configure the Nomad provider
provider "nomad" {
  address = "nomad.mycompany.com"
  region  = "us-east-2"
}

# Register a job
resource "nomad_job" "monitoring" {
  jobspec = "${file("${path.module}/jobspec.hcl")}"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `address` - (Optional) The HTTP(S) API address of the Nomad agent to use. Defaults to `http://127.0.0.1:4646`. The `NOMAD_ADDR` environment variable can also be used.
* `region` - (Optional) The Nomad region to target. The `NOMAD_REGION` environment variable can also be used.
* `ca_file` - (Optional) A path to a PEM-encoded certificate authority used to verify the remote agent's certificate. The `NOMAD_CACERT` environment variable can also be used.
* `cert_file` - (Optional) A path to a PEM-encoded certificate provided to the remote agent; requires use of `key_file`. The `NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT` environment variable can also be used.
* `key_file`- (Optional) A path to a PEM-encoded private key, required if `cert_file` is specified. The `NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY` environment variable can also be used.