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Over time, it will also get support to automatically detect how the different providers are compiled to install everything smoothly. And it provides an easy way to install (and compile!) a specific Terraform provider version. It has commands to activate or deactivate the usage of locally compiled providers. The tool tackles the three problems above by providing an easy-to-use interface. To tackle these issues, I started working on a CLI tool:

I did not want to run the same ten commands all the time.

Different Terraform provider codebases have slightly different ways of compiling, and the compiled binary ends up at various locations.

The existence of a specific folder helps Terraform recognize that it must use the locally compiled provider, instead of searching in the Terraform registry. I was getting tired of copying folders around. Some projects are up-to-date and don’t need self-compiled providers.

I often have to change between different Terraform projects.

I also followed that path for some time but noticed several issues after a while: There are a few excellent tutorials on that, for example, this one. In both cases, it is necessary to compile the provider yourself for your Apple Silicon. Upgrading is not an option, e.g., either due to breaking changes in the new version, or the pinned version has no darwin_arm64 compiled binary.

In many projects, a specific provider version is pinned.

Only roughly a fourth of all providers have a darwin_arm64 version released (see here for details) There are often cases where the maintainers did not release a darwin_arm64 version yet.

The general availability of darwin_arm64 Terraform providers.

Only then it was possible to release a terraform version for M1 chips and compile terraform providers for the new architecture darwin_arm64. First, we had to wait for Go 1.16 to be released, to finally support the MacOS arm64 architecture. The new arm64 architecture with the M1 chips has severe implications for the Terraform community. As I constantly switch between using my own-compiled and pre-build binaries, I wanted to have an elegant solution that manages all the details.

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There is a nice write-up on how to compile in a Terraform Issue. In both cases, there is no pre-compiled binary for darwin_arm64, and you have to compile it yourself. Either some terraform providers have not adapted to the new darwin_arm64, yet, or the version of the used provider is pinned to an older version.

While using my new Macbook with the M1 chip, I often encounter issues in client projects when working with Terraform projects.

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