### Terraform Version 0.10.7 ### Terraform Configuration Files ```hcl resource "aws_instance" "master" { ... connection { type = "ssh" host = "${aws_instance.master.public_dns}" agent = false user = "ubuntu" private_key = "${file(var.private_key_file)}" } provisioner "file" { source = "registry/config.yaml" destination = "/home/ubuntu/registry/config.yaml" } tags = { Name = "swarm-manager" } } ``` ### Expected Behavior Either 1. config.yaml file located in directory /home/ubuntu/registry or 2. error message stating that the directory doesn't exist ### Actual Behavior new file named registry located in /home/ubuntu ### Steps to Reproduce 1. `terraform apply` ### Important Factoids Adding the following before the file provisioner works around the issue: ```hcl provisioner "remote-exec" { inline = [ "cd /home/ubuntu", "sudo mkdir registry", "sudo chown ubuntu registry" ] } ``` Seems that remote-exec runs as root hence the `chown` command is necessary or else the file provisioner fails with permission denied.