Terraform Operations
Internal
Version
terraform version
Help
terraform --help terraform <command> --help
Initialization
The initialization operation initializes various local settings that will be used by subsequent commands. Without additional arguments, it uses the current directory as root module and creates a .terraform directory, which contains a "plugins" sub-directory. The command also downloads provider binaries and, if any modules are used, the module source. The command needs to be re-run if new modules are set or changed, or backend configuration changes.
terraform init
Initializing the backend...
Initializing provider plugins...
- Checking for available provider plugins...
- Downloading plugin for provider "aws" (hashicorp/aws) 2.49.0...
The following providers do not have any version constraints in configuration,
so the latest version was installed.
To prevent automatic upgrades to new major versions that may contain breaking
changes, it is recommended to add version = "..." constraints to the
corresponding provider blocks in configuration, with the constraint strings
suggested below.
* provider.aws: version = "~> 2.49"
Terraform has been successfully initialized!
You may now begin working with Terraform. Try running "terraform plan" to see
any changes that are required for your infrastructure. All Terraform commands
should now work.
If you ever set or change modules or backend configuration for Terraform,
rerun this command to reinitialize your working directory. If you forget, other
commands will detect it and remind you to do so if necessary.
-upgrade
The -upgrade option will additionally check for any newer versions of existing modules and providers that may be available.
-from-module
-from-module is a useful option when we want to avoid creating transient metadata, such as the .terraform directory, inside a module directory. A common use case is when we run provisioning off modules maintained in a Git repository.
Idiosyncrasy: the --from-module argument must be an absolute path, must not include ~.
Configuration File Formatting
terraform fmt
Formats all .tf in the current directory. It aligns equals, etc. Formatting enables standardization.
Validation
terraform validate
Plan
The plan is created based on the state maintained locally or remotely by Terraform.
Apply
terraform apply
The output shows the execution plan, in a format similar to diff.
-/+ means the resource will be destroyed and recreated rather than update it in-place. ~ means update in-place.
An execution plan has been generated and is shown below.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
+ create
Terraform will perform the following actions:
# aws_instance.terraform-test-01 will be created
+ resource "aws_instance" "terraform-test-01" {
+ ami = "ami-a6faba49dddaecfb7"
+ arn = (known after apply)
+ associate_public_ip_address = (known after apply)
+ availability_zone = (known after apply)
+ cpu_core_count = (known after apply)
+ cpu_threads_per_core = (known after apply)
+ get_password_data = false
+ host_id = (known after apply)
+ id = (known after apply)
+ instance_state = (known after apply)
+ instance_type = "m5.4xlarge"
+ ipv6_address_count = (known after apply)
+ ipv6_addresses = (known after apply)
+ key_name = (known after apply)
+ network_interface_id = (known after apply)
+ password_data = (known after apply)
+ placement_group = (known after apply)
+ primary_network_interface_id = (known after apply)
+ private_dns = (known after apply)
+ private_ip = (known after apply)
+ public_dns = (known after apply)
+ public_ip = (known after apply)
+ security_groups = (known after apply)
+ source_dest_check = true
+ subnet_id = (known after apply)
+ tenancy = (known after apply)
+ volume_tags = (known after apply)
+ vpc_security_group_ids = (known after apply)
+ ebs_block_device {
+ delete_on_termination = (known after apply)
+ device_name = (known after apply)
+ encrypted = (known after apply)
+ iops = (known after apply)
+ kms_key_id = (known after apply)
+ snapshot_id = (known after apply)
+ volume_id = (known after apply)
+ volume_size = (known after apply)
+ volume_type = (known after apply)
}
+ ephemeral_block_device {
+ device_name = (known after apply)
+ no_device = (known after apply)
+ virtual_name = (known after apply)
}
+ network_interface {
+ delete_on_termination = (known after apply)
+ device_index = (known after apply)
+ network_interface_id = (known after apply)
}
+ root_block_device {
+ delete_on_termination = (known after apply)
+ encrypted = (known after apply)
+ iops = (known after apply)
+ kms_key_id = (known after apply)
+ volume_id = (known after apply)
+ volume_size = (known after apply)
+ volume_type = (known after apply)
}
}
Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
Do you want to perform these actions?
Terraform will perform the actions described above.
Only 'yes' will be accepted to approve.
Enter a value: yes
aws_instance.terraform-test-01: Creating...
aws_instance.terraform-test-01: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
aws_instance.terraform-test-01: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
aws_instance.terraform-test-01: Creation complete after 24s [id=i-afbbc2c4a789ab871]
Apply Options
-auto-approve
Skip interactive approval of plan before applying.
Show
terraform show
Shows the state. It contain interesting information obtained after installation, such as IP addresses, etc.
It also shows content of terraform.tfstate state file.
Output
Used to extract the value of an output variable from the state file.
All variables are extracted with:
terraform output
A specific variable is extracted with:
terraform output <output-var-name>
Options
-json
-no-color
Import
Instances can be imported using their ID:
terraform import aws_instance.web i-00000000000
Destroy
terraform destroy
State
Advanced state management.
terraform state
Provider-Specific Operations
AWS Operations
Logs
/tmp/terraform-log402289911