CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
A cloud engineer is writing Terraform code to provision AWS resources. They need to define the cloud provider and authentication details. Which block should they use in their HCL configuration?
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Why each option matters
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provider block
In Terraform, the provider block is used to configure the cloud provider (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and specify authentication settings such as region and credentials.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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resource block
Why it's wrong here
A resource block defines a specific infrastructure resource, not the provider configuration.
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provider block
Why this is correct
The provider block configures the cloud provider and authentication.
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variable block
Why it's wrong here
A variable block defines input variables, not provider settings.
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module block
Why it's wrong here
A module block calls a reusable module, not configure the provider.
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