The terraform-provider-nutanix repository is a Terraform provider plugin written in Go that enables infrastructure as code management of Nutanix Cloud Platform resources. The provider allows users to define, provision, and manage Nutanix infrastructure through Terraform configurations, using Prism Central as the endpoint for API interactions. The repository is maintained by Nutanix and serves as the official integration point between Terraform and Nutanix environments.
The provider supports a comprehensive range of resources and data sources across multiple Nutanix service domains. Version 2.4.2, the latest release, introduces Network Functions for service chaining and traffic forwarding, Entity Groups for microsegmentation use cases, IAM entities management, and VM Affinity Policies for governing virtual machine placement across hosts. The provider also supports virtual machine management, cluster operations, networking configuration including VPCs and subnets, security policies, object storage, database management through Nutanix Database Service, and Kubernetes cluster provisioning through Nutanix Kubernetes Engine.
Recent enhancements in v2.4.2 include support for deploying and updating virtual machines from OVA images, expanded Foundational Networking Services capabilities with global scope and subnet-based objects, metadata support on subnet resources, and alternative authentication methods using API keys and custom headers alongside traditional username and password authentication. The provider requires Terraform 0.12 or later and Go 1.17 or higher for building, and utilizes Terraform SDKv2 from release 1.3.0 onward.
The provider maintains broad compatibility across Nutanix versions, with version 2.4.2 supporting AOS 7.5 and 7.5.1 alongside Prism Central 7.5 and later. The compatibility matrix extends back through multiple major versions, supporting environments ranging from AOS 5.18 through current releases. Configuration flexibility is provided through multiple authentication mechanisms, including username and password credentials, API keys, custom HTTP headers for specialized network environments, and configurable endpoints and ports.
The repository includes example Terraform configurations demonstrating provider usage and maintains a modules directory containing pre-built Terraform modules based on the provider. Bug fixes in recent releases address issues including ETag mismatch errors during VM power operations, subnet update failures, VPC external routable prefix limitations, security policy creation defaults, object store functionality, and guest customization handling that previously triggered unnecessary resource recreation.
