Major Release for All HashiCorp Terraform Utility Providers
We've begun releasing new versions of Terraform's utility providers that deprecate support for Terraform 0.11.
We have begun introducing new major releases for all Terraform Utility Providers maintained by HashiCorp. As announced last year, to continue improving the providers and moving them forward alongside Terraform, these releases will deprecate support for Terraform 0.11.
HashiCorp’s utility providers include some of Terraform’s highly-popular utilities that practitioners rely on to enhance workflows. For example, terraform-provider-random generates random values, useful for appending naming a new “random pet” name to your newly-created resources, while terraform-provider-external is useful for integrating Terraform with a system for which a first-class provider does not exist.
We’ve started closing issues reported with 0.11 versions of Terraform that are not reproducible in TF 0.13 and beyond. As we release new versions across these providers, running terraform init will only download new versions of the provider if you are running TF 0.12 and above.
Recommended actions
If you are unable to upgrade to the latest version of Terraform and are currently using Terraform 0.11, consider pinning the version of the providers that you currently use to guard against any breaking changes. If you are using pinned versions of the providers, no changes are needed, as we won’t be making modifications to any currently released versions of the provider. If you currently use Terraform 0.12 or above, everything will continue to work as it does for you today. For more information about upgrading to TF 0.13, consult this guide.
If you encounter issues before, during, or after the deprecation of Terraform 0.11 support, please open an issue on your preferred provider repository. If you are a current HashiCorp customer, we recommend that you also reach out to support@hashicorp.com.
Sign up for the latest HashiCorp news
More blog posts like this one
Terraform without writing code: How to build self-service with no-code modules
Terraform no-code modules are an advanced infrastructure as code best practice that helps everyone in the org use standard, approved modules, even if you don’t know Terraform.
Helvetia’s journey building an enterprise serverless product with Terraform
What started as a basic compliance challenge for one team at Helvetia Insurance evolved into a comprehensive enterprise solution for running self-managed installations like a cloud service, using Terraform to manage a serverless architecture.
Scalable, secure infrastructure code the right way: Use a private module registry
How do you ensure standard security, compliance, and reliability best practices are followed across your organization when provisioning infrastructure? A private module registry is the first step.