Terraform init

terraform init command is used to initialize a working directory containing Terraform configuration files: main.tf

• https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/init.html

During terraform init, the configuration is searched for module blocks, and the source code for referenced modules is retrieved from the locations given in their source arguments.

It is safe to run terraform init multiple times.

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

Commands

• terraform init
• terraform init -upgrade
• terraform init -reconfigure
• Warning: Quoted references are deprecated
• Execution examples: terraform init execution examples

Related terms

• terraform apply
• terraform validate
• terraform show
• .terraform/ or .terraform.d/
• .terraform/modules/
• source
• Terraform S3 backend

See also

• terraform init [ -upgrade | -reconfigure | -backend-config | -get-plugins=false | -verify-plugins=false ], --help, Execution examples, Execution with errors, ~/.terraformrc, required_providers
• 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
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