archive provider

README.md

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+<!-- archived-provider -->
+This Terraform provider is archived, per our [provider archiving process](https://terraform.io/docs/internals/archiving.html). What does this mean?
+
+1. The code repository and all commit history will still be available.
+1. Existing released binaries will remain available on the releases site.
+1. Documentation will remain on the Terraform website.
+1. Issues and pull requests are not being monitored.
+1. New releases will not be published.
+
+---
+
+<!-- /archived-provider -->
+
 Terraform Provider
 ==================
 

website/docs/index.html.markdown

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 # Template Provider
 
+~> **This provider is deprecated.** We now recommend that you use one of the approaches in the Deprecation section below.
+
 The template provider exposes data sources to use templates to generate
 strings for other Terraform resources or outputs.
 
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 }
 ```
 
-For Terraform 0.12 and later, the `template_file` data source has been
-superseded by [the `templatefile` function](/docs/configuration/functions/templatefile.html),
-which can be used directly in expressions without creating a separate data
-resource.
+## Deprecation
+
+The template provider is deprecated and the provider has been archived in accordance with HashiCorp's [provider archiving process](https://terraform.io/docs/internals/archiving.html). While released versions of the provider will remain available, we recommend that you replace usages of this provider as follows.
+
+### `template_file`
+
+For Terraform 0.12 and later, the `template_file` data source has been superseded by [the `templatefile` function](/docs/configuration/functions/templatefile.html), which can be used directly in expressions without creating a separate data resource.
+
+### `template_dir`
+
+The [`hashicorp/dir/template`](https://registry.terraform.io/modules/hashicorp/dir/template) module offers an improved version of the functionality available in `template_dir`.
+
+### `template_cloudinit_config`
+
+This resource has been moved to a new provider, [`terraform-provider-cloudinit`](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudinit) as `cloudinit_config`, with no change in functionality.