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Terraform Provider Configuration and Authentication
How a provider accepts connection settings and resolves credentials. Poor
authentication UX is the first thing every user of a provider hits; a
well-designed credential provider chain is what separates a production-grade
provider from a demo. The examples use a fictional examplecloud provider
and the Plugin Framework.
References (load when needed):
references/credential-chain.md— complete, compilable credential chain implementation (providers, chain, file profiles, Configure wiring, tests)references/case-studies.md— how the AWS provider (aws-sdk-go-base) and smaller providers structure real credential chains
Provider Schema for Authentication
Every authentication attribute must be Optional, never Required — a
Required attribute forces users to put credentials in configuration and
makes environment-variable and credentials-file resolution impossible. Mark
secrets Sensitive so Terraform redacts them in plan output, and state the
environment-variable fallback in each description so tfplugindocs publishes
the resolution rules.
func (p *examplecloudProvider) Schema(ctx context.Context, req provider.SchemaRequest, resp *provider.SchemaResponse) {
resp.Schema = schema.Schema{
Attributes: map[string]schema.Attribute{
"endpoint": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "API endpoint. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_ENDPOINT` environment variable.",
},
"api_key": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "API key. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY` environment variable, or in a shared credentials file.",
},
"api_secret": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
Sensitive: true,
MarkdownDescription: "API secret. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_API_SECRET` environment variable, or in a shared credentials file.",
},
"profile": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "Named profile in the shared credentials file. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_PROFILE` environment variable. Defaults to `default`.",
},
"skip_credentials_validation": schema.BoolAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "Skip the identity check normally performed during provider configuration.",
},
},
}
}
Never add a Default to a credential attribute, and never hardcode a
credential anywhere in the provider. Defaults belong in the resolution logic
(where environment variables and files can override them), not in the schema.
The Credential Provider Chain
Resolve credentials by consulting an ordered list of sources and taking the
first one that produces a complete set. This is the pattern the AWS
provider uses via aws-sdk-go-base,
and it generalizes to any provider. The canonical precedence, highest first:
- Static configuration — values set directly in the
providerblock. Explicit always wins. - Environment variables —
EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY, etc. The CI-friendly path. - Shared credentials file — named profiles in
~/.examplecloud/credentials, for humans with multiple accounts. - Platform identity — instance metadata, workload identity, or OIDC token exchange, where the platform offers it. Credentials nobody has to store.
Two rules make the chain predictable:
- Resolve secrets as a set, not field-by-field. If the environment supplies an API key but no secret, that source offers nothing — fall through to the next source for both values. Mixing an env-var key with a file-profile secret produces authentication failures that are nearly impossible for users to debug.
- Resolve non-secret connection settings field-by-field.
endpoint,profile, orinsecurecan each independently follow config > env > file > default, because a mismatch there is visible and harmless.
The core abstraction is a single-method interface with a sentinel error that distinguishes "this source has nothing to offer" (fall through) from "this source is misconfigured" (surface it):
// ErrNoCredentials signals a source had nothing to offer. The chain falls
// through to the next source. Any other error means the source was
// configured but unusable (e.g. malformed credentials file) and is
// preserved so the final diagnostics can surface it.
var ErrNoCredentials = errors.New("no credentials found")
type Credentials struct {
APIKey string
APISecret string
Source string // which provider supplied them, for logging
}
func (c Credentials) Complete() bool {
return c.APIKey != "" && c.APISecret != ""
}
type Provider interface {
Retrieve(ctx context.Context) (Credentials, error)
Name() string
}
A Chain (itself a Provider, so chains compose) walks the providers in
order and returns the first complete set of credentials. Every skipped
source is recorded into an aggregate ChainError whose Error() lists each
source with the reason it was skipped, and whose Is method makes
errors.Is(err, ErrNoCredentials) true only when every source fell through
cleanly — so Configure can tell "nothing supplied" from "something
supplied but broken" with one check. The full implementation — the chain
loop, the static, environment, and file providers, and the
NewDefaultChain constructor that owns the canonical order — lives in
references/credential-chain.md.
Wiring the Chain into Configure
Configure runs once per Terraform operation, before any resource CRUD.
The shape:
func (p *examplecloudProvider) Configure(ctx context.Context, req provider.ConfigureRequest, resp *provider.ConfigureResponse) {
var config examplecloudProviderModel
resp.Diagnostics.Append(req.Config.Get(ctx, &config)...)
if resp.Diagnostics.HasError() {
return
}
// 1. Guard against unknown values (e.g. api_key = some_resource.output).
if config.APIKey.IsUnknown() {
resp.Diagnostics.AddAttributeError(
path.Root("api_key"),
"Unknown API Key",
"The provider cannot connect because api_key depends on a value known only after apply. "+
"Set a static value, or use the EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY environment variable.",
)
}
// ... repeat for each auth attribute, then:
if resp.Diagnostics.HasError() {
return
}
// 2. Resolve credentials through the chain.
chain := credentials.NewDefaultChain(
config.APIKey.ValueString(),
config.APISecret.ValueString(),
credentials.Options{Profile: config.Profile.ValueString()},
)
creds, err := chain.Retrieve(ctx)
if err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, credentials.ErrNoCredentials) {
resp.Diagnostics.AddError(
"No Valid Credential Sources Found",
"No examplecloud credentials were found. Sources tried, in order:\n\n"+err.Error()+
"\n\nSet api_key and api_secret in the provider block, export "+
"EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY and EXAMPLECLOUD_API_SECRET, or add a profile to "+
"~/.examplecloud/credentials. See https://example.com/docs/auth.",
)
} else {
resp.Diagnostics.AddError("Failed to Resolve Credentials", err.Error())
}
return
}
tflog.Debug(ctx, "resolved credentials", map[string]any{"source": creds.Source})
// 3. Build the client once; share it with every resource and data source.
client := examplecloud.NewClient(endpoint, creds.APIKey, creds.APISecret)
resp.DataSourceData = client
resp.ResourceData = client
}
Why each step matters:
- Unknown-value guards. During planning, an attribute wired to another resource's output is unknown, not null. Without the guard the provider silently treats it as empty, falls through the chain, and authenticates as the wrong identity — or fails with a misleading "missing credentials" error. Name the environment-variable workaround in the guard message.
- The sentinel check picks the right message. "You gave me nothing" (actionable list of options) is a different failure from "you gave me something broken" (show the parse error). Collapsing them into one message is how providers end up with users pasting secrets into config to debug.
- Log the source, never the secret. Knowing which source won is the single most useful debugging fact and costs nothing to log.
Diagnostics That Unblock Users
An authentication error message is the provider's most-read documentation. Every credential failure diagnostic should name:
- Every source tried, in order, with why it was skipped — the
ChainErrorprovides this.aws-sdk-go-basedoes the same with itsNoValidCredentialSourcesError. - The exact environment variable names and the credentials file path and profile that were consulted — not "set the appropriate environment variables".
- A documentation URL for the provider's authentication guide.
Use warnings (not errors) for conditions that are suspicious but not fatal,
naming what took precedence: a profile set while environment credentials
are also present (which wins?), or a credentials file with group/world-read
permissions (suggest chmod 0600).
Secret Hygiene
- Give the
CredentialstypeString()andGoString()methods that redact secret fields, so a stray%v,%+v, or error wrap can never leak a secret into logs or diagnostics. - Never include credential values in diagnostics, log lines, or wrapped errors — log the source name and non-secret identifiers only.
- Warn when a credentials file is readable by other users
(
info.Mode().Perm()&0o077 != 0); skip this check on Windows, where POSIX permission bits are not meaningful.
Configure-Time Validation
Resolve the chain eagerly in Configure — never lazily on first resource
use — so a credentials problem fails one time, at plan, with a good message,
instead of failing in the middle of an apply. If the API has a cheap
identity endpoint (the equivalent of AWS sts:GetCallerIdentity or a
/whoami), call it after resolving credentials so invalid (not just
missing) credentials also fail at configure time. Gate it behind a
skip_credentials_validation attribute for air-gapped or stubbed
environments.
Unit Testing the Chain
The chain is pure logic — test it with unit tests (Test prefix, no
TF_ACC), not acceptance tests. Make the environment injectable (a
`getenv func(string) stri
File metadata
name: provider-configuration description: >- Implement Terraform provider configuration and authentication with the Plugin Framework: provider schema for credentials (Optional + Sensitive attributes), environment variable fallbacks, credential provider chains (static config, then environment variables, shared credentials file, and platform identity), unknown-value guards in Configure(), secret redaction, configure-time credential validation, and diagnostics that name every source tried. Use when implementing or reviewing a provider's Configure method or provider schema, adding authentication options (API keys, tokens, profiles, credentials files, assume-role), deciding how a provider should resolve credentials, debugging "no valid credential sources" or missing-credentials errors, or unit testing credential resolution. license: MPL-2.0 metadata: lifecycle-status: active copyright: Copyright IBM Corp. 2026 version: "0.0.1"
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---
name: provider-configuration
description: >-
Implement Terraform provider configuration and authentication with the
Plugin Framework: provider schema for credentials (Optional + Sensitive
attributes), environment variable fallbacks, credential provider chains
(static config, then environment variables, shared credentials file, and
platform identity), unknown-value guards in Configure(), secret redaction,
configure-time credential validation, and diagnostics that name every
source tried. Use when implementing or reviewing a provider's Configure
method or provider schema, adding authentication options (API keys,
tokens, profiles, credentials files, assume-role), deciding how a provider
should resolve credentials, debugging "no valid credential sources" or
missing-credentials errors, or unit testing credential resolution.
license: MPL-2.0
metadata:
lifecycle-status: active
copyright: Copyright IBM Corp. 2026
version: "0.0.1"
---
# Terraform Provider Configuration and Authentication
How a provider accepts connection settings and resolves credentials. Poor
authentication UX is the first thing every user of a provider hits; a
well-designed credential provider chain is what separates a production-grade
provider from a demo. The examples use a fictional `examplecloud` provider
and the [Plugin Framework](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/framework/providers).
**References** (load when needed):
- `references/credential-chain.md` — complete, compilable credential chain
implementation (providers, chain, file profiles, Configure wiring, tests)
- `references/case-studies.md` — how the AWS provider (`aws-sdk-go-base`)
and smaller providers structure real credential chains
---
## Provider Schema for Authentication
Every authentication attribute must be `Optional`, never `Required` — a
`Required` attribute forces users to put credentials in configuration and
makes environment-variable and credentials-file resolution impossible. Mark
secrets `Sensitive` so Terraform redacts them in plan output, and state the
environment-variable fallback in each description so `tfplugindocs` publishes
the resolution rules.
```go
func (p *examplecloudProvider) Schema(ctx context.Context, req provider.SchemaRequest, resp *provider.SchemaResponse) {
resp.Schema = schema.Schema{
Attributes: map[string]schema.Attribute{
"endpoint": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "API endpoint. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_ENDPOINT` environment variable.",
},
"api_key": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "API key. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY` environment variable, or in a shared credentials file.",
},
"api_secret": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
Sensitive: true,
MarkdownDescription: "API secret. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_API_SECRET` environment variable, or in a shared credentials file.",
},
"profile": schema.StringAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "Named profile in the shared credentials file. May also be set via the `EXAMPLECLOUD_PROFILE` environment variable. Defaults to `default`.",
},
"skip_credentials_validation": schema.BoolAttribute{
Optional: true,
MarkdownDescription: "Skip the identity check normally performed during provider configuration.",
},
},
}
}
```
Never add a `Default` to a credential attribute, and never hardcode a
credential anywhere in the provider. Defaults belong in the resolution logic
(where environment variables and files can override them), not in the schema.
## The Credential Provider Chain
Resolve credentials by consulting an ordered list of sources and taking the
first one that produces a **complete** set. This is the pattern the AWS
provider uses via [`aws-sdk-go-base`](https://github.com/hashicorp/aws-sdk-go-base),
and it generalizes to any provider. The canonical precedence, highest first:
1. **Static configuration** — values set directly in the `provider` block.
Explicit always wins.
2. **Environment variables** — `EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY`, etc. The CI-friendly
path.
3. **Shared credentials file** — named profiles in
`~/.examplecloud/credentials`, for humans with multiple accounts.
4. **Platform identity** — instance metadata, workload identity, or OIDC
token exchange, where the platform offers it. Credentials nobody has to
store.
Two rules make the chain predictable:
- **Resolve secrets as a set, not field-by-field.** If the environment
supplies an API key but no secret, that source offers nothing — fall
through to the next source for *both* values. Mixing an env-var key with a
file-profile secret produces authentication failures that are nearly
impossible for users to debug.
- **Resolve non-secret connection settings field-by-field.** `endpoint`,
`profile`, or `insecure` can each independently follow
config > env > file > default, because a mismatch there is visible and
harmless.
The core abstraction is a single-method interface with a sentinel error that
distinguishes "this source has nothing to offer" (fall through) from "this
source is misconfigured" (surface it):
```go
// ErrNoCredentials signals a source had nothing to offer. The chain falls
// through to the next source. Any other error means the source was
// configured but unusable (e.g. malformed credentials file) and is
// preserved so the final diagnostics can surface it.
var ErrNoCredentials = errors.New("no credentials found")
type Credentials struct {
APIKey string
APISecret string
Source string // which provider supplied them, for logging
}
func (c Credentials) Complete() bool {
return c.APIKey != "" && c.APISecret != ""
}
type Provider interface {
Retrieve(ctx context.Context) (Credentials, error)
Name() string
}
```
A `Chain` (itself a `Provider`, so chains compose) walks the providers in
order and returns the first complete set of credentials. Every skipped
source is recorded into an aggregate `ChainError` whose `Error()` lists each
source with the reason it was skipped, and whose `Is` method makes
`errors.Is(err, ErrNoCredentials)` true only when every source fell through
cleanly — so `Configure` can tell "nothing supplied" from "something
supplied but broken" with one check. The full implementation — the chain
loop, the static, environment, and file providers, and the
`NewDefaultChain` constructor that owns the canonical order — lives in
`references/credential-chain.md`.
## Wiring the Chain into Configure
`Configure` runs once per Terraform operation, before any resource CRUD.
The shape:
```go
func (p *examplecloudProvider) Configure(ctx context.Context, req provider.ConfigureRequest, resp *provider.ConfigureResponse) {
var config examplecloudProviderModel
resp.Diagnostics.Append(req.Config.Get(ctx, &config)...)
if resp.Diagnostics.HasError() {
return
}
// 1. Guard against unknown values (e.g. api_key = some_resource.output).
if config.APIKey.IsUnknown() {
resp.Diagnostics.AddAttributeError(
path.Root("api_key"),
"Unknown API Key",
"The provider cannot connect because api_key depends on a value known only after apply. "+
"Set a static value, or use the EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY environment variable.",
)
}
// ... repeat for each auth attribute, then:
if resp.Diagnostics.HasError() {
return
}
// 2. Resolve credentials through the chain.
chain := credentials.NewDefaultChain(
config.APIKey.ValueString(),
config.APISecret.ValueString(),
credentials.Options{Profile: config.Profile.ValueString()},
)
creds, err := chain.Retrieve(ctx)
if err != nil {
if errors.Is(err, credentials.ErrNoCredentials) {
resp.Diagnostics.AddError(
"No Valid Credential Sources Found",
"No examplecloud credentials were found. Sources tried, in order:\n\n"+err.Error()+
"\n\nSet api_key and api_secret in the provider block, export "+
"EXAMPLECLOUD_API_KEY and EXAMPLECLOUD_API_SECRET, or add a profile to "+
"~/.examplecloud/credentials. See https://example.com/docs/auth.",
)
} else {
resp.Diagnostics.AddError("Failed to Resolve Credentials", err.Error())
}
return
}
tflog.Debug(ctx, "resolved credentials", map[string]any{"source": creds.Source})
// 3. Build the client once; share it with every resource and data source.
client := examplecloud.NewClient(endpoint, creds.APIKey, creds.APISecret)
resp.DataSourceData = client
resp.ResourceData = client
}
```
Why each step matters:
- **Unknown-value guards.** During planning, an attribute wired to another
resource's output is *unknown*, not null. Without the guard the provider
silently treats it as empty, falls through the chain, and authenticates as
the wrong identity — or fails with a misleading "missing credentials"
error. Name the environment-variable workaround in the guard message.
- **The sentinel check picks the right message.** "You gave me nothing"
(actionable list of options) is a different failure from "you gave me
something broken" (show the parse error). Collapsing them into one message
is how providers end up with users pasting secrets into config to debug.
- **Log the source, never the secret.** Knowing *which* source won is the
single most useful debugging fact and costs nothing to log.
## Diagnostics That Unblock Users
An authentication error message is the provider's most-read documentation.
Every credential failure diagnostic should name:
- **Every source tried, in order, with why it was skipped** — the
`ChainError` provides this. `aws-sdk-go-base` does the same with its
`NoValidCredentialSourcesError`.
- **The exact environment variable names** and the credentials file path and
profile that were consulted — not "set the appropriate environment
variables".
- **A documentation URL** for the provider's authentication guide.
Use warnings (not errors) for conditions that are suspicious but not fatal,
naming what took precedence: a `profile` set while environment credentials
are also present (which wins?), or a credentials file with group/world-read
permissions (suggest `chmod 0600`).
## Secret Hygiene
- Give the `Credentials` type `String()` and `GoString()` methods that
redact secret fields, so a stray `%v`, `%+v`, or error wrap can never leak
a secret into logs or diagnostics.
- Never include credential *values* in diagnostics, log lines, or wrapped
errors — log the source name and non-secret identifiers only.
- Warn when a credentials file is readable by other users
(`info.Mode().Perm()&0o077 != 0`); skip this check on Windows, where POSIX
permission bits are not meaningful.
## Configure-Time Validation
Resolve the chain eagerly in `Configure` — never lazily on first resource
use — so a credentials problem fails one time, at plan, with a good message,
instead of failing in the middle of an apply. If the API has a cheap
identity endpoint (the equivalent of AWS `sts:GetCallerIdentity` or a
`/whoami`), call it after resolving credentials so *invalid* (not just
missing) credentials also fail at configure time. Gate it behind a
`skip_credentials_validation` attribute for air-gapped or stubbed
environments.
## Unit Testing the Chain
The chain is pure logic — test it with unit tests (`Test` prefix, no
`TF_ACC`), not acceptance tests. Make the environment injectable (a
`getenv func(string) striUse with my agent
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