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Terraform syntax

This document is a Terraform cheat sheet that outlines basic commands, configuration files, state management, conditional expressions, loops, functions, lifecycle management, and workspaces. It includes specific command syntax and examples for initializing, validating, and applying Terraform configurations. The cheat sheet serves as a quick reference for users to efficiently manage infrastructure as code with Terraform.

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Terraform syntax

This document is a Terraform cheat sheet that outlines basic commands, configuration files, state management, conditional expressions, loops, functions, lifecycle management, and workspaces. It includes specific command syntax and examples for initializing, validating, and applying Terraform configurations. The cheat sheet serves as a quick reference for users to efficiently manage infrastructure as code with Terraform.

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Terraform Cheat Sheet

1. Basic Commands
• Initialize Terraform
terraform init
• Format and validate files
• terraform fmt # Format code
terraform validate # Validate syntax
• Plan the infrastructure
terraform plan
• Apply changes
terraform apply -auto-approve
• Destroy resources
terraform destroy -auto-approve
• Show current state
terraform show
• List all resources
terraform state list
• Remove a specific resource
terraform state rm <resource>
2. Terraform Configuration Files
a. Providers
provider "aws" {
region = "us-east-1"
}
b. Variables
variable "instance_type" {
type = string
default = "t2.micro"
}
c. Resources
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
ami = "ami-12345678"
instance_type = var.instance_type
}
d. Outputs
output "instance_ip" {
value = aws_instance.web.public_ip
}
e. Data Sources
data "aws_vpc" "default" {
default = true
}
f. Modules
module "network" {
source = "./modules/network"
vpc_cidr = "10.0.0.0/16"
}

3. Terraform State Management


• Save State to a Backend
terraform {
backend "s3" {
bucket = "my-tf-state"
key = "terraform.tfstate"
region = "us-east-1"
}
}
• Locking State (if using remote state with DynamoDB)
terraform {
backend "s3" {
bucket = "my-tf-state"
key = "terraform.tfstate"
region = "us-east-1"
dynamodb_table = "terraform-lock"
}
}
4. Conditional Expressions
variable "env" {
type = string
}

resource "aws_instance" "web" {


instance_type = var.env == "prod" ? "t3.large" : "t2.micro"
}

5 . Loops
a. count
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
count =3
instance_type = "t2.micro"
}
b. for_each
variable "servers" {
type = list(string)
default = ["web1", "web2"]
}
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
for_each = toset(var.servers)
instance_type = "t2.micro"
}
6 . Functions
locals {
upper_name = upper("terraform")
}

7 . Lifecycle Management
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
lifecycle {
prevent_destroy = true
}
}

8 . Terraform Workspaces
terraform workspace new dev
terraform workspace select dev
terraform workspace list
This cheat sheet provides a quick reference to Terraform's essential
commands and syntax.

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