Initializing the Terraform Provider

To use the Traffic Manager Terraform provider, initialize it within your Terraform template. The provider requires four arguments:

Field Name	Type	Description
base_url	string	The base URL of the Traffic Manager REST API. Use either a direct Traffic Manager URL, or through a Services Director (Services Director) proxy.
username	string	The admin username of either the Traffic Manager or the Services Director proxy you are connecting to.
password	string	The admin password of either the Traffic Manager or the Services Director proxy you are connecting to.
verify_ssl_cert	boolean	If set to true, the provider checks that the Traffic Manager/Services Director provides a trusted SSL certificate when connecting to the REST API. If set to false, untrusted (for example, self-signed) certificates are accepted. Default: true.

The following code provides examples of how to initialize the provider:

# Direct to the Traffic Manager
provider "vtm" {
   base_url = "https://192.0.2.10:9070/api"
   username = "admin"
   password = "mYvtm53cret!"
   verify_ssl_cert = true
}

# Through a Services Director proxy
provider "vtm" {
   base_url = "https://192.0.2.100:8100/api/tmcm/<VERSION>/instance/<INSTANCE_ID>"
   username = "admin"
   password = "mYsd53cret!"
   verify_ssl_cert = true
}