# This file configures the providers used in this Terraform configuration.
# Providers are plugins that Terraform uses to manage resources.

terraform {
  # Specify the required providers and their versions
  required_providers {
    # AWS provider for managing AWS resources
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws" # Source of the provider
      version = "~> 4.16"       # Version constraint for the provider
    }
    # Cloud-init provider for generating cloud-init configs
    cloudinit = {
      source  = "hashicorp/cloudinit"
      version = "~> 2.2.0"
    }
  }
  # Specify the required version of Terraform itself
  required_version = ">= 1.2.0"
}

# Configure the AWS Provider
provider "aws" {
  region                   = "eu-central-1"         # Specify the AWS region to use
  shared_credentials_files = ["~/.aws/credentials"] # Path to the AWS credentials file
}

# Configure the cloudinit Provider
# No specific configuration needed for cloudinit, but declaring it here makes it available for use
provider "cloudinit" {}