Terraform Provider
Zilliz offers a fully managed Milvus service, streamlining the deployment and scaling of vector search applications with security in mind, and eliminating the need to build and maintain complex infrastructure, including both the cloud infrastructure Zilliz provides and your own.
The Zilliz Cloud Terraform Provider is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solution that enables you to dynamically build, change, and version your Zilliz Cloud resources. Before using it, you must configure the provider with proper credentials, such as a Zilliz Cloud API key with appropriate permissions.
Authentication
Before you begin a resource deployment using Terraform, you must authenticate Terraform with the Zilliz Cloud platform. You must use a Zilliz Cloud API key with the appropriate permissions to complete authentication before any operations with this Terraform provider. To create a Zilliz Cloud API key, follow these steps:
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Sign in to the Zilliz Cloud console.
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On the right of the top navigation bar, click API Keys.
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Click + API Key in the top right corner on the API Keys page.
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In the Create API Key dialog box that appears, enter an API key name and configure its access privileges, and click Create to generate an API key.
For more information about managing API keys, refer to API Keys.
Manageable Resources
Currently, you can use this provider to manage the following types of resources:
Clusters
A Zilliz Cloud cluster is a Milvus instance that operates on Zilliz Cloud. Zilliz Cloud categorizes its clusters into various offerings, including Free, Serverless, Dedicated (Standard), Dedicated (Enterprise), and Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC). For details on these offerings, refer to the Detailed Plan Comparison.
You can use the Zilliz Cloud Terraform Provider to create and manage clusters of any specific offering. For details, refer to the following tutorials: