In Terraform 0.13 and above, outside of the required_providers block, Terraform configurations always refer to providers by their local names.

In Terraform 0.13 and above, outside of the required_providers block, Terraform configurations always refer to providers by their local names.

• A. False
• B. Depends on the configuration
• C. Only when using modules
• D. True

Answer: (D)

In Terraform 0.13 and later, how you reference a provider in resource and data blocks is determined by the local name of your provider configuration. The required_providers block is used to declare where a provider comes from and what version to constrain, but it doesn’t change the way you reference providers in the rest of the configuration. You refer to a provider by the local name defined in its provider configuration, such as aws for the default configuration or aws.east (where east is an alias) for an aliased configuration. This keeps provider usage explicit and tied to the particular configuration you’ve declared, even when multiple configurations of the same provider are in use. So the statement that outside the required_providers block Terraform configurations always refer to providers by their local names is the correct understanding.

In Terraform 0.13 and later, how you reference a provider in resource and data blocks is determined by the local name of your provider configuration. The required_providers block is used to declare where a provider comes from and what version to constrain, but it doesn’t change the way you reference providers in the rest of the configuration. You refer to a provider by the local name defined in its provider configuration, such as aws for the default configuration or aws.east (where east is an alias) for an aliased configuration. This keeps provider usage explicit and tied to the particular configuration you’ve declared, even when multiple configurations of the same provider are in use. So the statement that outside the required_providers block Terraform configurations always refer to providers by their local names is the correct understanding.