HCP Terraform Agents

Hands-on: Try the Manage Private Environments with HCP Terraform Agents tutorial.

HCP Terraform Agents allow HCP Terraform to communicate with isolated, private, or on-premises infrastructure. By deploying lightweight agents within a specific network segment, you can establish a simple connection between your environment and HCP Terraform which allows for provisioning operations and management. This is useful for on-premises infrastructure types such as vSphere, Nutanix, OpenStack, enterprise networking providers, and anything you might have in a protected enclave.

The agent only requires outbound connectivity to HCP Terraform, enabling private networks to remain secure and typically requiring no special networking configuration or exceptions.

Terraform Enterprise

Terraform Enterprise supports HCP Terraform Agents. Refer to HCP Terraform Agents on Terraform Enterprise for Terraform Enterprise specific documentation and requirements.