Terraform HCL

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HCL

Basics

• Creating a simple file
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resource "local_file" "pet" {
    filename = "/root/pets.txt"
    content = "Hello there"
}

- Argument filename is compulsory for resource type local_file. -
- Some examples of AWS resources: -
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• A terraform workflow consists of 4 steps:
  • Write the configuration file.
  • Next run the terraform init command.
  • Review the execution plan using the terraform plan command.
  • Apply the changes using the terraform apply command.
• To delete the infrastructure completely run the terraform destroy command.
• Getting the version of modules and terraform after initialising terraform
  • terraform -v
• terraform show: the terraform show command is used to provide human-readable output from a state or plan file.

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Last updated: 2023-01-04