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terraform apply — Create or update infrastructure according to Terraform configuration files. More information: <https

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Problem

How to use the terraform apply command: Create or update infrastructure according to Terraform configuration files. More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/cli/commands/apply>.

Solution

terraform apply — Create or update infrastructure according to Terraform configuration files. More information: <https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/cli/commands/apply>.

Create or update infrastructure:

terraform apply

Create or update infrastructure, skipping interactive approval:

terraform apply -auto-approve

Apply a plan file:

terraform apply {{path/to/file.tfplan}}

Specify values for input variables:

terraform apply -var '{{name1}}={{value1}}' -var '{{name2}}={{value2}}'

Specify values for input variables from a file:

terraform apply -var-file {{path/to/file.tfvars}}

Apply changes to a specific resource:

terraform apply -target {{resource_type.resource_name[instance_index]}}

Replace a specific resource:

terraform apply -replace {{resource_type.resource_name[instance_index]}}

Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure:

terraform apply -destroy

Code Snippets

Create or update infrastructure

terraform apply

Create or update infrastructure, skipping interactive approval

terraform apply -auto-approve

Apply a plan file

terraform apply {{path/to/file.tfplan}}

Specify values for input variables

terraform apply -var '{{name1}}={{value1}}' -var '{{name2}}={{value2}}'

Specify values for input variables from a file

terraform apply -var-file {{path/to/file.tfvars}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/terraform apply

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