Terraform show

terraform show command provides human-readable output from a state or plan file.

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

 terraform init -> terraform plan ->  terraform apply -> terraform show

Examples

• terraform show (output example) (output example)
• terraform show | egrep -w "^resource |^data " | grep -v "#"
• terraform show | grep -w resource
• terraform show | grep -w data | grep -v "#"
• terraform show | egrep -w "instance_state|public_ip"
• terraform show | grep -w public_ip
• terraform show | grep -w Name
• terraform show | grep instance_type
• terraform show | grep instance_state
• Terraform show output example aws_instance

terraform show
No state.

terraform show
(no output)

Examples with errors

terraform show
╷
│ Error: Module not installed
│
│   on /path_to_file/main.tf line 3:
│    3: module "compute" {
│
│ This module is not yet installed. Run "terraform init" to install all modules required by this configuration.
╵

│ Error: Backend initialization required, please run "terraform init"

Error: failed to read the give file as a state or plan file

• terraform show my_wrong_name

Changelog

• terraform show: the JSON plan output now indicates which state values are sensitive. (#28889)

Related terms

• terraform state list
• terraform state pull
• terraform state show
• terraform state show aws_instance.MYexample
• terraform apply
• terraform destroy
• Error: Module not installed
• terraform output

See also

• terraform show, terraform show (output example), terraform state show module.my compute terraform show --help, terraform show (grep resource), terraform show my wrong name, terraform show (grep aws instance)
• Terraform state: terraform [ state | replace-provider | mv ], backend.tf, Remote state backends to manage Terraform state, State locking, terraform force-unlock