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Martin Atkins ddf9635af6 website: Don't claim that things are "very easy"
We typically try to avoid making subjective, boasty claims in our
documentation in recent times, but there remained both some older
documentation that we've not recently revised and also some newer examples
that are, in retrospect, also perhaps more "boasty" than they need to be.

We prefer not to use this sort of boasty language because not everyone
using Terraform has the same background and experience, and so what is
"easy" or "intuitive" to one person may not be so to another person, and
that should not suggest that the second person is in any way wrong or
inadequate.

In reviewing some of our use of the word "easy" here I tried as much as
possible to surgically revise the existing content without getting drawn
into a big rewrite, but in some cases the content was either pretty
unsalvageable (due to talking about obsolete features that were removed
long ago) or required some broader changes to make the result hopefully
still get the same facts across. In those cases I've both removed some
content entirely or adjusted larger paragraphs.

This was not an exhaustive review and so I'm sure there's still plenty of
room for similar improvements elsewhere. I also resisted the urge to
update some pages that contain outdated information about currently-active
features.
2020-10-26 10:02:38 -07:00
Nick Fagerlund 26f786959b
website: Update all Learn crosslinks (#26442)
* website: Update all Learn crosslinks

The URL structure on Learn recently changed, so it's time to update some URLs.

Co-authored-by: Tu Nguyen <im2nguyen@users.noreply.github.com>
2020-10-02 11:02:59 -07:00
Nick Fagerlund 0ab7c1b90e
website: Add links to relevant Learn guides in several docs pages (#25718)
Co-authored-by: Tu Nguyen <im2nguyen@users.noreply.github.com>
2020-07-31 13:16:35 -07:00
Paul Tyng 22ef5cc99c Modify language for reporting signing state
Be more explicit about the signing status of fetched plugins and provide documentation about the different signing options.
2020-05-26 13:14:05 -04:00
Nick Fagerlund 6494591ec1 website: Remove extra copy of "Getting Started", update links
This guide now lives at:

- https://learn.hashicorp.com/terraform#getting-started

...and terraform.io has been redirecting to there for quite a while. This commit
removes the extra copy so that the text of the two versions doesn't drift, and
updates existing links to point to the new location.
2020-02-05 14:58:30 -08:00
Nick Fagerlund ac45e43fda website: Finish moving "writing custom providers" to /docs/extend/
This document was previously copied to the "Extending Terraform" section (in the
terraform-website repo), and the old URL was redirected so that the copy in
/guides can no longer be reached on the website. But the old copy of the file
remained, and now it runs the risk of confusing contributors, since the copy in
terraform-website/.../docs/extend is the more up-to-date version.
2019-01-11 16:36:40 -08:00
Nick Fagerlund 7d5db9522f
website: Fix plugin path on Windows (#19423)
...and one other reference to the application data directory.

Context:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/shell/knownfolderid#folderid_roamingappdata

In newer Windows versions, the folder accessible as `%APPDATA%` (and via various
APIs) is actually at something like "documents and settings\user\application
data\roaming", while earlier versions omit the "\roaming" part of the path. This
means you can confuse people by referring to the "application data" directory by
its human name, because "roaming" is the real application data directory, but it
looks like a subdirectory of "application data".

Thus, it's less confusing to just use the `%APPDATA%` variable, with the added
benefit that you can copy and paste the path and it'll just work in most places.
2018-11-20 16:54:18 -08:00
Nick Fagerlund b3935b29d7
website: Reconcile docs about plugin discovery and downloading (#18973)
website: Reconcile docs about plugin discovery and downloading

I'm attempting to keep things simple for normal users while making sure we've
got the full behavior written down somewhere for plugin developers.

This commit doesn't stand alone; it's paired with a commit in the
terraform-website repo, to deal with some related content in the "extend"
section.
2018-10-02 16:53:29 -07:00
Radek Simko ecac80fd8e
docs: Fix inaccurate plugin CRUD description 2018-09-20 17:18:42 +01:00
Martin Atkins f19bf25945 website: don't recommend "providers" block in CLI config
This mechanism for configuring plugins is now deprecated, since it's not
capable of declaring plugin versions. Instead, we recommend just placing
plugins into a particular directory, which is now documented on the
main providers documentation page and linked from the more detailed docs
on plugins in general.
2017-09-29 14:03:09 -07:00
Clint e2272f71a0 Update our documentation to push "Getting Started" better (#15866)
* update plugin/provider to make clear this section isn't needed for regular use

* add some links and notes about getting started

* remove the mention of binaries... I 'm not sure it's needed yet

* 'Installing Terraform Providers' section

* sometimes I can't words good

* move the 'installing providers' block

* cleanup of terms

* copy that update to plugins/provider too
2017-08-21 15:44:27 -05:00
Nick Fagerlund 8c7bfde292 Docs: Fix broken links and a broken example
These links were casualties of the core/provider split. There was also
an example that suggested cloning a subdirectory of a git repo.
2017-08-02 20:03:41 -07:00
Martin Atkins c57dbebe84 documentation: explain provider dev environment setup
The intent here is just to introduce some initial docs on our recommended
way to develop plugins in the same GOPATH as Terraform itself. The
documentation in this area needs some more fundamental rework as it is
rather outdated and mis-organized, but that's outside the scope of what
this change is trying to achieve.
2017-07-18 14:36:01 -07:00
Martin Atkins 7ed70bb00e website: new filesystem layout for core/provider split
This repo now contains only the core docs, with other content moving elsewhere.
2017-06-13 11:25:32 -07:00