* The [Google Cloud Graphite Team](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/partnering-on-open-source-Google-and-HashiCorp-engineers-on-managing-GCP-infrastructure.html) at Google
* The Terraform team at [HashiCorp](https://www.hashicorp.com/)
See the [Google Provider documentation](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/index.html) to get started using the
Google provider.
We recently introduced the `google-beta` provider. See [Provider Versions](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/provider_versions.html)
for more details on how to use `google-beta`.
Upgrading the provider
----------------------
The Google provider doesn't upgrade automatically once you've started using it. After a new release you can run
```bash
terraform init -upgrade
```
to upgrade to the latest stable version of the Google provider. See the [Terraform website](https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/providers.html#provider-versions)
for more information on provider upgrades, and how to set version constraints on your provider.
If you wish to work on the provider, you'll first need [Go](http://www.golang.org) installed on your machine (version 1.11.4+ is *required*). You'll also need to correctly setup a [GOPATH](http://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH), as well as adding `$GOPATH/bin` to your `$PATH`.
For guidance on common development practices such as testing changes or vendoring libraries, see the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-google/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md). If you have other development questions we don't cover, please file an issue!