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1. Write – Here you create the code configuration file.

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Terraform configuration – This is the complete document in the Terraform language. This tells terraform how to
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You can write the configuration file either in JSON or HCL.

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Argument – This assigns a value to a particular name

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Block – This is a container for content.

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The resource block is the most important block.

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This defines the infrastructure objects that need to be created.

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In the body of the block you define configuration arguments for the resource.

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terraform init

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This is used to initialize a working directory that contains the Terraform configuration files.

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This is the first command that needs to run.

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This command will also install any plugins required by the providers.

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terraform plan -out main.tfplan

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This command is going to create an execution plan.

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Here you can preview the changes that Terraform is going to carry out.

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terraform apply

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This command executes the actions within the Terraform plan.

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Terraform maintains state data that maps the real-world resources to the configuration.

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The state data is stored in a local file named terraform.tfstate.

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Do NOT modify the terraform state file.

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Make changes to your configuration file to make changes to your infrastructure.

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This can be used to implement certain behaviors that cannot be implemented via Terraform’s declarative model.

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This describes how to access a remote resource.

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file provisioner

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This can be used to copy files or directories from the machine running Terraform to the newly created resource.

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Detailed Error Messages – This stores copies of the .htm error pages that would have been sent to the client
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