#create module for terraform go package go mod init gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform

#download and install terraform package and dependencices

go get github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema go get github.com/hashicorp/terraform/plugin go get github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform

#build plugin using go toolchain go build -o terraform-provider-example

The output name (-o) is very important. Terraform searches for plugins in the format of: terraform--