Multiple provider configurations in Terraform - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Multiple provider configurations

📖 Scenario: You are managing infrastructure across two different cloud providers: AWS and Azure. You want to configure Terraform to connect to both providers in the same project.

🎯 Goal: Create a Terraform configuration that sets up two provider blocks: one for AWS and one for Azure, each with an alias. Then create a resource in each provider using the correct provider alias.

📋 What You'll Learn

Configure the AWS provider with alias aws_east and region us-east-1

Configure the Azure provider with alias azure_west

Create an AWS S3 bucket resource named aws_bucket using the aws_east provider

Create an Azure resource group named azure_group using the azure_west provider

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Many companies use multiple cloud providers. Knowing how to configure Terraform to manage resources across them is essential.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and DevOps professionals often manage multi-cloud environments and need to write Terraform code that handles multiple providers.

1

Set up AWS provider with alias

Write a Terraform provider block for AWS with the alias aws_east and set the region to us-east-1.

Terraform

# Your code here

Need a hint?

The alias attribute lets you name this provider configuration so you can use it later.

2

Add Azure provider with alias

Add a Terraform provider block for Azure with the alias azure_west and include the required features {} block.

Terraform

provider "aws" {
  alias  = "aws_east"
  region = "us-east-1"
}

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Azure provider requires a features {} block even if empty.

3

Create AWS S3 bucket using aliased provider

Create a resource block for an AWS S3 bucket named aws_bucket. Use the provider alias aws_east by specifying provider = aws.aws_east.

Terraform

provider "aws" {
  alias  = "aws_east"
  region = "us-east-1"
}

provider "azurerm" {
  alias    = "azure_west"
  features {}
}

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use provider = aws.aws_east to tell Terraform which provider alias to use for this resource.

4

Create Azure resource group using aliased provider

Create a resource block for an Azure resource group named azure_group. Use the provider alias azure_west by specifying provider = azurerm.azure_west. Set the resource group name to myResourceGroup and location to westus.

Terraform

provider "aws" {
  alias  = "aws_east"
  region = "us-east-1"
}

provider "azurerm" {
  alias    = "azure_west"
  features {}
}

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "aws_bucket" {
  bucket   = "my-unique-aws-bucket-12345"
  provider = aws.aws_east
}

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use provider = azurerm.azure_west to assign the resource to the Azure provider alias.