Terraform Provider Configuration and Authentication How a provider accepts connection settings and resolves credentials. Poor authentication UX is the first thing every user of a provider hits; a well-designed credential provider chain is what separates a production-grade provider from a demo. The examples use a fictional provider and the Plugin Framework. References (load when needed): - — complete, compilable credential chain implementation (providers, chain, file profiles, Configure wiring, tests) - — how the AWS provider ( ) and smaller providers structure real credential chains --- Provi…