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ensure-all-deferred-provider-workflows-have-same-behavior
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# Managing Plugins
Terraform relies on plugins called "providers" in order to manage various types
of resources. (For more information about providers, see
Terraform relies on plugins called providers to manage various types
of resources. For more information about providers, refer to
[Providers](/terraform/language/providers) in the Terraform
language docs.)
language docs.
-> **Note:** Providers are the only plugin type most Terraform users interact with. Terraform also supports third-party provisioner plugins, but
we discourage their use.
Terraform downloads and/or installs any providers
Terraform installs any providers
[required](/terraform/language/providers/requirements) by a configuration
when [initializing](/terraform/cli/init) a working directory. By default,
this works without any additional interaction but requires network access to
download providers from their source registry.
You can configure Terraform's provider installation behavior to limit or skip
network access, and to enable use of providers that aren't available via a
network access, and to enable use of providers that aren't available through a
networked source. Terraform also includes some commands to show information
about providers and to reduce the effort of installing providers in airgapped
about providers and to reduce the effort of installing providers in air-gapped
environments.
## Configuring Plugin Installation
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Use the [`terraform providers mirror`](/terraform/cli/commands/providers/mirror) command to
download local copies of every provider required by the current working
directory's configuration. This directory will use the nested directory layout
directory's configuration. The directory uses the nested directory layout
that Terraform expects when installing plugins from a local source, so you can
transfer it directly to an airgapped system that runs Terraform.
transfer it directly to an air-gapped system that runs Terraform.
Use the [`terraform providers lock`](/terraform/cli/commands/providers/lock) command
to update the lock file that Terraform uses to ensure predictable runs when

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