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What is the AWS Provider [ TERRAFORM ] ?

 

What is the AWS Provider?

Terraform depends on plugins to interact with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure etc. One of the most widely used providers in the AWS provider. This provider interacts with many resources supported by AWS, such as AWS EC2 ,VPC, and many more.

Terraform uses AWS Provider with proper credentials to connect with Amazon to manage or deploy of AWS services.

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  1. Catherine Lowe10 September 2025 at 05:15

    Clear explanation of the AWS provider role. In my projects, I’ve seen how important it is to set up credentials properly; otherwise, Terraform errors can get tricky. It might be interesting to compare how AWS differs from Azure or GCP providers in terms of resource coverage.

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