---
title: "Exoscale becomes an official Terraform provider"
description: "We are huge Terraform fans here at Exoscale, and it's our pleasure to announce that our provider is part of the official Terraform registry."
date: 2019-08-27
author: "Marc Falzon"
url: https://www.exoscale.com/blog/exoscale-official-terraform-provider/
---
# Exoscale becomes an official Terraform provider

We are huge Terraform fans here at Exoscale.
And since we have a culture of eating our own dogfood, a huge part of our infrastructure is deployed and managed with it, including our internal Kubernetes clusters.

We previously wrote about [Terraform on Exoscale](https://www.exoscale.com/blog/terraform-with-exoscale/) in general and [managing your existing infrastructure with Terraform](https://www.exoscale.com/blog/managing-existing-infrastructure-with-terraform/) in particular.

In the latest case, the process is based on a dedicated [provider for Exoscale](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/exoscale/exoscale/latest).
The provider acts as a smart proxy between the Terraform declarative model and the Exoscale command-and-control API.

Today, it's our pleasure to announce that this provider is part of the [official Github Terraform providers organization](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/exoscale/exoscale/latest).

The benefits to our users are huge.
Previously, the Exoscale provider binary had to be copied to the `~/.terraform.d/plugins` directory of the local machine prior to usage.
With this change, it's now possible to start running Terraform on Exoscale right off the bat! You can now also look up our provider documentation besides the other providers [on the official Terraform website](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/exoscale/exoscale/latest/docs).

No more hiccups during setup, start managing your [Exoscale Instances](https://www.exoscale.com/compute/) without impediments.