Terraform Workflow

Terraform workflow separates local preparation, proposed change, execution, and dependency resolution. Use these entries to identify the correct operational boundary before applying infrastructure changes.

In this section

• Terraform Init, Format, and Validate
  The distinct roles of terraform init, terraform fmt, and terraform validate in a Terraform configuration workflow.
• Terraform Plans, Applies, and Destroys
  How Terraform previews changes with plans, performs approved changes with apply, and removes managed resources with destroy.
• Terraform Resource Dependencies
  How Terraform infers resource dependencies from expressions and when an explicit depends_on relationship is appropriate.