Never type your cloud password into a .tf file.
You'll learn to
configure a provider (region, credentials) without writing secrets in code
Recap
- 1The provider block holds settings: region, profile, default tags
- 2Credentials come from environment variables, a profile or a role
- 3Hard-coded access keys end up in Git forever
Check yourself
Where should your cloud credentials live when you run Terraform on your laptop?
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