Category: Terraform, Infrastructure, Hashicorp

This new provider for HashiCorp Terraform — built around the AWS Cloud Control API — is designed to bring new services to Terraform faster. The HashiCorp Terraform AWS Cloud Control Provider, currently in tech preview, aims to bring Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources to Terraform users faster.

The AWS Cloud Control provider supports hundreds of AWS resources, with more support being added as AWS service teams adopt the Cloud Control API standard.

While the Terraform AWS Cloud Control Provider is still in tech preview, we suggest practitioners use this provider to: Until the conclusion of the tech preview, we suggest using the Terraform AWS provider for production use across critical services.

In order to use the new Terraform AWS Cloud Control provider, you will need: In order to configure the provider, you will need to employ the configuration blocks shown here, while specifying your preferred region: To use the AWS Cloud Control provider, you will need to authenticate with your AWS account.

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