Use the Command Line Interface

Use the Terraform Command Line Interface (CLI) to manage infrastructure, and interact with Terraform state, providers, configuration files, and Terraform Cloud.

Initialize Terraform Configuration

Learn what Terraform does when you run `terraform init` in a working directory. Initialize the backend, install providers,...

Create a Terraform Plan

Learn how Terraform constructs an execution plan. Export a plan with the -out flag, review the plan contents, and apply a saved...

Apply Terraform Configuration

Learn how Terraform applies configuration to change your infrastructure. Provision a Docker container, introduce an apply error...

Customize Terraform Configuration with Variables

Customize infrastructure for a web application with Terraform. In this tutorial, you will use Terraform input variables,...

Output Data from Terraform

Output data about infrastructure with Terraform outputs. Provision a web application with Terraform, and use output values to...

Manage Terraform Versions

Update an existing configuration to work with a newer version of Terraform. Use the required_version setting to pin the...

Lock and Upgrade Provider Versions

Manage your provider versions using the dependency lock file. Use version constraints to filter provider versions compatible...

Target resources

Apply changes to an AWS S3 bucket and bucket objects using resource targeting. Target individual resources, modules, and...

Manage Resources in Terraform State

Create an EC2 instance and security group, and move a resource to another state file. Remove, replace, and re-import resources...

Import Terraform Configuration

Import existing infrastructure into Terraform. In this tutorial, you will use Terraform import to manage an existing Docker...

Use Refresh-Only Mode to Sync Terraform State

Use refresh-only plans and applies to update Terraform state to match real-world infrastructure. Understand the implicit...

Log in to Terraform Cloud from the CLI

Log into Terraform Cloud or Enterprise with the Terraform CLI to migrate state, trigger remote runs, and interact with...

Migrate State to Terraform Cloud

Keep your state secure and share it with collaborators by migrating it to Terraform Cloud. Initialize Terraform Cloud and...

Troubleshoot Terraform

Interpret and fix a Terraform configuration with common configuration language errors and deploy an EC2 instance with security...

Develop Configuration with the Console

Use the Terraform console to inspect resources and evaluate Terraform expressions before using them in configurations....

Verify Terraform Binary Archives

Verify that the terraform executable is secure. Download, verify, and install HashiCorp's PGP public key. Download a Terraform...

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