Difference between revisions of "Terraform lifecycle meta-argument"

Revision as of 15:28, 20 March 2023

create_before_destroy | prevent_destroy | ignore_changes | replace_triggered_by

create_before_destroy changes default behavior so that the new replacement object is created first, and the prior object is destroyed after the replacement is created.
prevent_destroy
ignore_changes
replace_triggered_by (May 2022, v1.2.0)

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
  # ...

  lifecycle {
    create_before_destroy = true
  }
}

 lifecycle {
   ignore_changes = [
     latest_restorable_time
   ]
 }