Terrafoem Commands

 

Category	Command	Description
Init & Setup	terraform init	Initialize Terraform working directory
	terraform init -reconfigure	Reinitialize and ignore previous backend configs
	terraform init -upgrade	Reinitialize and upgrade providers/modules
	terraform get	Download and update modules
Planning	terraform plan	Show planned changes
	terraform plan -out=tfplan	Save execution plan to a file
Apply/Destroy	terraform apply	Apply changes with confirmation
	terraform apply tfplan	Apply using a saved plan file
	terraform apply -auto-approve	Apply without manual approval
	terraform destroy	Destroy infrastructure with confirmation
	terraform destroy -auto-approve	Destroy without confirmation
	terraform destroy -target=aws_instance.example	Destroy specific resource
Validate & Format	terraform validate	Validate configuration syntax
	terraform fmt	Format Terraform files
	terraform fmt -recursive	Format files in all subdirectories
Output	terraform output	Show output variables
	terraform output -json	Show outputs in JSON format
State Management	terraform show	Show full state or plan content
	terraform state list	List all resources in the state file
	terraform state show <resource>	Show specific resource details
	terraform state pull	Download current state file
	terraform state push	Upload local state file (used with care)
	terraform refresh	Update state with real infrastructure
	terraform taint <resource>	Mark a resource for recreation
	terraform untaint <resource>	Remove taint from a resource
Workspace Management	terraform workspace list	List all workspaces
	terraform workspace new <name>	Create new workspace (e.g., dev, prod)
	terraform workspace select <name>	Switch to another workspace
	terraform workspace delete <name>	Delete a workspace
Debugging & Visuals	TF_LOG=DEBUG terraform plan	Enable debug logging
	TF_LOG_PATH=log.txt terraform apply	Save logs to a file
	terraform graph | dot -Tpng > graph.png	Visualize resource graph (Graphviz needed)
Terraform Cloud	terraform login	Authenticate to Terraform Cloud
	terraform logout	Remove local credentials
	terraform state push	Manually upload state file to remote