A practical guide to managing Terraform provider upgrades, covering semantic versioning, the terraform init -upgrade command, and the dependency lock file. Explains how to handle patch, minor, and major version upgrades with concrete examples using the AWS and Azure providers. Includes guidance for module producers and consumers on version constraints, and best practices such as reading changelogs, subscribing to release feeds, committing lock files to version control, and rolling out upgrades gradually in large environments.
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What are Terraform providers?How to manage Terraform provider upgradesBest practices for Terraform provider upgradesManaging Terraform resources with SpaceliftKey takeaways90 Impressions