Terraform CLI

Description:

Synopsis:

• terraform
  • [--version]
  • [--help]
  • [args]

0. Basic CLI features

• Switching working directory with -chdir
• Shell Tab-completion:
  • terraform -install-autocomplete
  • terraform -uninstall-autocomplete
• Upgrade and Security Bulletin Checks?

1. Initializing Working Directories:

• terraform init
• terraform get

2. Provisioning infrastructure:

• terraform plan
• terraform apply

3. Authenticating

4. Writing and Modifying codes

• terraform console
• terraform fmt
• terraform validate

5. Inspecting infrastructures:

• terraform graph
• terraform output
• terraform show

6. Importing infrastructures:

• terraform import

7. Manually update state:

• terraform state
• Inspecting state:
  • s
  • s
  • terraform refresh? deprecated
• Disaster Recovery:
  • terraform force-unlock

8. Manage stacks

• terraform create
• terraform fmt
• terraform init
• terraform list
• terraform providers-lock
• terraform validate
• terraform version

10. Managing Terraform Plugin

• terraform providers

11. CLI Configuration:

• Env environment variables:
  • export TF_LOG/TF_LOG_CORE/TF_LOG_PROVIDER=: cause erros to appear on stderr
    • trace
    • debug
    • info
    • warn
    • error
    • json
    • off
  • export TF_LOG_PATH=./terraform.log