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# Default Provider

The default provider for all the components within a service block must be defined initially, as shown below. This default provider is what the components are deployed with unless otherwise specified.

```hcl
service "name" {
  provider = "aws"
  ...
}
```

If different components need to be deployed with different providers, the provider can be re-specified within the component's definition itself. 

<pre class="language-hcl"><code class="lang-hcl"><strong>service "name" {
</strong><strong>  provider = "aws"
</strong><strong>  ...
</strong><strong>  compute "gcp_vm" {
</strong><strong>    provider       = "google"
</strong><strong>    resource_type  = "google_compute_instance"
</strong><strong>    ...
</strong><strong>  }
</strong><strong>}
</strong></code></pre>