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title: Cloud Services Catalog Terraform Connector Create Config Provider form reference
description: Cloud Provisioning and Governance uses the config provider to interact with the Terraform deployment.
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# Cloud Services Catalog Terraform Connector Create Config Provider form reference

Cloud Provisioning and Governance uses the config provider to interact with the Terraform deployment.

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Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Name of the config provider.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Provider

</td><td>

Config provider type.-   Terraform Enterprise: Select this value to create a Terraform Enterprise config provider.
-   Terraform Environment: Select this value to create a Linux based Terraform Open Source config provider.
-   Terraform Windows Environment: Select this value to create a Windows based Terraform Open Source config provider.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Organization

</td><td>

Terraform organization that contains the Terraform workspaces and template repositories.This field appears when you select Terraform Enterprise from the Provider drop-down list.

</td></tr><tr><td>

URL

</td><td>

Base URL of the Terraform API server or IP address of the Terraform server.-   To create a config provider for Terraform Open Source, enter the IP address or hostname of the machine where Terraform CLI is installed or accessed via MID Server.
-   To create a config provider for Terraform Enterprise, enter the base URL of the Terraform Enterprise API server.
-   To create a config provider for Terraform Cloud, enter `https://app.terraform.io/api/v2`

</td></tr><tr><td>

Base Directory

</td><td>

Directory where all the individual Terraform template directories are located.

 This field appears when you select Terraform Environment or Terraform Windows Environment from the Provider drop-down list.

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Server Type

</td><td>

Server type of the Terraform deployment.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Credential

</td><td>

Credential for accessing Terraform.-   For the Linux based Terraform Open Source server, select the appropriate SSH private key credential.
-   For the Windows based Terraform Open Source server, select the appropriate Remote Desktop Protocol \(RDP\) credential.
-   For Terraform Enterprise or Terraform Cloud, select the appropriate Terraform API key credential.

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Version

</td><td>

Supported Terraform Open Source CLI version installed in the Terraform server.For more information on the supported Terraform Open Source versions, see the prerequisites section of [Create a Terraform Open Source config provider](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/cloud-configuration-governance/setup-cpg-terraform-connector-for-terraform-open-source.md).

 For more information on the supported Terraform Enterprise and Terraform Cloud versions, see the prerequisites section of [Create a Terraform Enterprise or Terraform Cloud config provider](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/cloud-configuration-governance/setup-cpg-terraform-connector-for-terraform-enterprise.md).

 Starting with Cloud Provisioning and Governance: Terraform Connector version 1.5.2, version 1.0.0 is deprecated. The deprecated version represents Terraform Open Source CLI version 0.11 and 0.12.

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Cloud Services Catalog Terraform Connector reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/cloud-configuration-governance/cpg-terraform-connector-reference.md)