Creating configuration files and connecting to YDB

Create a directory where you will place your Terraform configuration files for YDB, then create a file named main.tf., e.g.:

mkdir ydb_terraform && cd ydb_terraform
touch main.tf

Provider section propertiesProvider section properties

Add the following section at the beginning of the file and save this file:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    yandex = {
      source = "yandex-cloud/yandex"
    }
  }
  required_version = ">= 0.13"
}

provider "yandex" {
  zone = "ru-central1-a" # Default availability zone
}

Here is the description of the provider section fields:

• source: Provider's global source address.
• required_version: Minimum Terraform version the provider is compatible with.
• provider: Provider name.
• zone: Default availability zone for all your cloud resources.

To initialize the provider, run terraform init in the directory with the configuration files. In the terminal, you will see a message about successful installation. Now that Terraform is installed and set up, you can start creating a serverless or dedicated database.