Terraform state show

terraform state show

• Doc: https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/state/show.html
• terraform state show --help

• terraform state show ADDRESS
• terraform state show module.my_compute
• terraform state show module.alb.aws_lb.this[0]
• terraform state show module.eks.aws_eks_cluster.this[0]

terraform state show
Exactly one argument expected. 

Usage: terraform [global options] state show [options] ADDRESS 

  Shows the attributes of a resource in the Terraform state. 

  This command shows the attributes of a single resource in the Terraform
  state. The address argument must be used to specify a single resource.
  You can view the list of available resources with "terraform state list".

Options: 

  -state=statefile    Path to a Terraform state file to use to look
                      up Terraform-managed resources. By default it will
                      use the state "terraform.tfstate" if it exists.

Examples

• terraform state show aws_instance.MYexample

Errors

terraform state show YourWrongAddressResource
Error parsing instance address: YourWrongAddressResource

This command requires that the address references one specific instance.
To view the available instances, use "terraform state list". Please modify
the address to reference a specific instance.

Related terms

• terraform validate
• terraform state list
• terraform show

See also

• Terraform configuration files, Terraform state files: .tf, .tfvars, main.tf, outputs.tf, variables.tf, .terraform.d/, terraform init, providers.tf, .terraform/, terraform.tfstate, .terraform.lock.hcl, terraform.tfstate.d, override.tf, versions.tf
• Terraform state: terraform state [list | mv | show | pull | push | rm | replace-provider ], terraform state show module.alb.aws lb.this