Basic-Terraform-Commans

Basic Terraform Commands

terraform init - Initialize Terraform directory. Should be run when you first setup a new Terraform file or pull a new Terraform directory. This will download and install the needed providers.
terraform fmt - Automatically formats your Terraform files.
terraform validate - Looks at file and verifies that syntax is correct and verifies that the set up is internally consistent.
terraform plan - Checks current state and compares it to any change in the Terraform configuration and prints out the proposed changes. Allows you to view changes before applying them.
terraform apply - Applies the configuration. Shows you the proposed changes and asks you to verify that those changes are what you want.
terraform show - Shows you the output of the terraform.tfstate file. The state is how Terraform keeps track of what it is managing.
terraform state list - Lists all the resources in the Terraform state.
terraform destroy - Terminates the resources that Terraform is managing in it's state.

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