From 0f25f796e1c780c77e91ea7308e7b9e1d9a082d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Tyng Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:34:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add page explaining provider trust tiers --- website/docs/registry/providers/tiers.html.md | 20 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 website/docs/registry/providers/tiers.html.md diff --git a/website/docs/registry/providers/tiers.html.md b/website/docs/registry/providers/tiers.html.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dd1be510ed --- /dev/null +++ b/website/docs/registry/providers/tiers.html.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +layout: "registry" +page_title: "Terraform Registry - Provider Tiers +sidebar_current: "docs-registry-provider-tiers +description: |- + Published Provider tiers in the Terraform Registry +--- + +# Provider Tiers + +There are three tiers of providers in the Terraform Registry: + +* **Official Providers** - are built, signed, and supported by HashiCorp. Official Providers can typically used without providing + provider source information in your Terraform configuration. +* **Partner Providers** - are built, signed, and supported by a third party. HashiCorp has verified the ownership of the private + key and we provide a chain of trust to the CLI to verify this programatically. To use Partner Providers in your Terraform + configuration, you need to specify the namespace and name to download from the registry. +* **Community Providers** - are built, signed, and supported by a third party. HashiCorp does not provide a verification or chain + of trust for the signing. You will want to obtain and validate fingerprints manually if you want to ensure you are using a + binary you can trust.