Snowflake Terraform provider¶

HashiCorp Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that allows you to dynamically build, change, and version infrastructure resources. You use the Terraform language to create configuration files that describe the configuration you want. Terraform compares your configuration to the current state and then generates a plan to create new resources or update and delete existing resources. The plan runs as a directed acyclic graph (DAG), which allows Terraform to understand and handle dependencies between resources.

The Snowflake Terraform provider allows you to establish a consistent workflow to manage Snowflake resources like warehouses, databases, schemas, tables, roles, grants, and more. For more information about other features and building blocks that support Snowflake DevOps workflows, see Snowflake DevOps.

After you install Terraform, see the following resources to get started using the Snowflake provider.

Resource	Description
Snowflake provider documentation	Guides and reference documentation in the Terraform Registry for the Snowflake provider. Documentation includes the resource blocks that describe objects in Snowflake (for example, snowflake_database) and the data sources that you can use to name and dynamically fetch configuration state from Snowflake objects (for example, snowflake_users).
terraform-provider-snowflake	The GitHub project where you can do the following: Stay up to date on feature developments and status, including the project roadmap and issues. Get support from the community in discussion forums. Snowflake Support and subject matter experts participate actively in the GitHub community and make a best effort to resolve issues. Snowflake provides official support as detailed below in Officially supported versions. Review supplementary documentation and source code. Review the change log and migration guide to follow releases.
Terraforming Snowflake	This Quickstart tutorial from Snowflake Labs guides you through creating a Terraform project in GitHub that uses the Snowflake provider to create a demo database and warehouse.

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Snowflake provider documentation

Guides and reference documentation in the Terraform Registry for the Snowflake provider. Documentation includes the resource blocks that describe objects in Snowflake (for example, snowflake_database) and the data sources that you can use to name and dynamically fetch configuration state from Snowflake objects (for example, snowflake_users).

terraform-provider-snowflake

The GitHub project where you can do the following:

Stay up to date on feature developments and status, including the project roadmap and issues.
Get support from the community in discussion forums. Snowflake Support and subject matter experts participate actively in the GitHub community and make a best effort to resolve issues. Snowflake provides official support as detailed below in Officially supported versions.
Review supplementary documentation and source code.
Review the change log and migration guide to follow releases.

Terraforming Snowflake

This Quickstart tutorial from Snowflake Labs guides you through creating a Terraform project in GitHub that uses the Snowflake provider to create a demo database and warehouse.

Versioning and preview features¶

The Snowflake Terraform provider follows semantic versioning. Major version releases include breaking changes. We announce these well in advance on GitHub. Minor version releases may sometimes include unexpected changes, depending on the configuration or environment. We balance the occasional one-time inconvenience for some users against the overall benefits these updates bring to the community.

New features and fixes¶

Generally, we introduce new features and fixes in the latest minor version. This is due to the resource-intensive development process and the need for extensive regression testing.
If we discover a security vulnerability, we consider backporting critical fixes to earlier versions on a case-by-case basis.
We assess BCRs introduced by underlying Snowflake features for impacts to the provider. The migration guide provides information about how to manage potential breaking changes. We prioritize BCR fixes in each latest version release of the provider and recommend updating your version of the provider regularly.

Preview features¶

Some resources and data sources are labeled “preview features” with each release.

Please consider these features to be preview features in the provider, regardless of their state in Snowflake.
Preview features are disabled by default. You must add the relevant feature name to the preview_features_enabled field in the provider configuration. The GitHub repository always contains a list of preview features.
Each preview feature will be reworked and marked as a stable feature in future releases. Please expect that preview features might introduce breaking changes, even when the provider’s major version number does not change.
Preview features, much like other Snowflake preview features, do not receive official Snowflake Support. However, the Product and Engineering teams can offer help.

Officially supported versions¶

Snowflake offers official support only for the latest version. When a new version is released, it immediately becomes the officially supported version. You can submit a case for official support of a Terraform provider issue using the processes described in Contacting Snowflake Support.
Official Snowflake Support began exclusively with version 2.0.0 and later. All other versions, including major versions earlier than 2.0.0, are not officially supported.
Although the latest version of the provider is the only officially supported version, we make a best effort to support resolution of issues with earlier versions. After assessing the issue, Snowflake Support may at its discretion require an update to the latest version to support the troubleshooting process.