The provider is currently considered to be a third-party provider and thus won't be automatically downloaded by terraform, which means you have to either install or build it yourself. The provider is made available in a pre-built binary version via the GitHub repository in the form of releases. This document will walk you through installing a released version of the provider. (The following snippets will use v0.1.9, but you will need to update the version as necessary)
The most recent version of the provider can be found at https://github.com/vmware/terraform-provider-vra/releases/latest
You can download the appropriate version of the provider for your OS via either your browser or the commandline using a tool like curl or wget.
Create a terraform plugins directory with your hardware platform subdirectory. Typically for 64bit Linux this will be in ~/.terraform.d/plugins/linux_amd64 on non-Windows platforms.
mkdir -p ~/.terraform.d/plugins/linux_amd64 Download the plugin (via a browser or command line)
wget -q https://github.com/vmware/terraform-provider-vra/releases/download/v0.1.9/terraform-provider-vra-linux_amd64-v0.1.9.tgzUntar/unzip the plugin
tar xvf terraform-provider-vra-linux_amd64-v0.1.9.tgzIf you already have an existing version of provider, either remove the existing provider file from the terraform plugins directory or update all configuration files to include latest version
rm ~/.terraform.d/plugins/terraform-provider-vra*Move the extracted plugin to the terraform plugins directory
mv terraform-provider-vra_v0.1.9 ~/.terraform.d/plugins/
Create a terraform plugins directory typically this will be in %APPDATA%\terraform.d\plugins.
#powershell
mkdir $ENV:APPDATA\terraform.d\plugins#CMD
mkdir %APPDATA%\terraform.d\pluginsDownload the plugin (via a browser or command line)
wget https://github.com/vmware/terraform-provider-vra/releases/download/v0.1.9/terraform-provider-vra-windows_amd64-v0.1.9.tgz -outfile terraform-provider-vra-windows_amd64-v0.1.9.tgzUntar/unzip the plugin (Depending on your setup this may require two steps)
#using 7zip to unzip
7z x .\terraform-provider-vra-windows_amd64-v0.1.9.tgz
# then untar resulting file
tar xvf terraform-provider-vra-windows_amd64-v0.1.9.tarMove the extracted plugin to the terraform plugins directory
#Powershell
move terraform-provider-vra_v0.1.9.exe $ENV:APPDATA\terraform.d\plugins#CMD
move terraform-provider-vra_v0.1.9.exe %APPDATA%\terraform.d\plugins
To validate the installation you can simply change to the location where your terraform configuration is located and run terraform init. You should see a message indicating that terraform has been successfully initialized.
To find the provider version, you can simply change to the location where your terraform configuration is located and run terraform -version. You should see a message indicating the provider version.