Terraform Commands

• This command will initialize the working directory containing Terraform configuration files and install any required plugins.

terraform init

• This command lets you preview the actions Terraform would take to modify your infrastructure or save a speculative plan which you can apply later.

terraform plan

• This command executes the actions proposed in a terraform plan. It is used to deploy your infrastructure. Typically apply should be run after terraform init and terraform plan. Enter yes when prompted "Enter a value:".

terraform apply

• This command will show whether the syntax used is correct or not

terraform validate

• This command scans the configuration files in the current working directory and formats the code. It is used to improve the readability of files.

terraform fmt

• This command will list all the providers used in the configuration file

terraform providers

• This command will mirror the provider configuration in a new path.

terraform providers mirror /<file_path>

• This command will print all the output variables in the configuration files

terraform output

• This command is used to sync the terraform with real-world resources

terraform refresh

• This command will show the resources we have created.

terraform show

• To destroy the infrastructure

terraform destroy