terraform init
terraform init is used to initialize a working directory containing Terraform configuration files.
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 this command multiple times.
terraform init->terraform plan->terraform apply->terraform show
Contents
Examples
Terraform init: 3.24.0
terraform init Initializing modules... Downloading terraform-aws-modules/ec2-instance/aws 2.19.0 for ec2_cluster... - ec2_cluster in .terraform/modules/ec2_cluster Initializing the backend... Initializing provider plugins... - Finding hashicorp/aws versions matching ">= 3.24.0"... - Installing hashicorp/aws v3.55.0... - Installed hashicorp/aws v3.55.0 (signed by HashiCorp) Terraform has created a lock file .terraform.lock.hcl to record the provider selections it made above. Include this file in your version control repository so that Terraform can guarantee to make the same selections by default when you run "terraform init" in the future. Terraform has been successfully initialized! You may now begin working with Terraform. Try running "terraform plan" to see any changes that are required for your infrastructure. All Terraform commands should now work. If you ever set or change modules or backend configuration for Terraform, rerun this command to reinitialize your working directory. If you forget, other commands will detect it and remind you to do so if necessary.
Terraform init
terraform init Initializing modules... - ec2_with_t2_unlimited in ../.. Downloading terraform-aws-modules/security-group/aws 4.3.0 for security_group... - security_group in .terraform/modules/security_group Initializing the backend... Initializing provider plugins... - Finding hashicorp/aws versions matching ">= 2.42.0"... - Installing hashicorp/aws v3.55.0... - Installed hashicorp/aws v3.55.0 (signed by HashiCorp) Terraform has created a lock file .terraform.lock.hcl to record the provider selections it made above. Include this file in your version control repository so that Terraform can guarantee to make the same selections by default when you run "terraform init" in the future. Terraform has been successfully initialized! You may now begin working with Terraform. Try running "terraform plan" to see any changes that are required for your infrastructure. All Terraform commands should now work. If you ever set or change modules or backend configuration for Terraform, rerun this command to reinitialize your working directory. If you forget, other commands will detect it and remind you to do so if necessary.
Execution with errors
terraform init Terraform initialized in an empty directory! The directory has no Terraform configuration files. You may begin working with Terraform immediately by creating Terraform configuration files.
terraform init Error: Error checking configuration: <nil>: Failed to read module directory; Module directory /var/lib/snapd/void does not exist or cannot be read.
Terraform init with errors
terraform init
Initializing the backend...
Initializing provider plugins...
- Finding latest version of hashicorp/vsphere...
- Installing hashicorp/vsphere v1.24.3...
- Installed hashicorp/vsphere v1.24.3 (signed by HashiCorp)
Terraform has created a lock file .terraform.lock.hcl to record the provider
selections it made above. Include this file in your version control repository
so that Terraform can guarantee to make the same selections by default when
you run "terraform init" in the future.
Warning: Interpolation-only expressions are deprecated
on kk.tf line 7, in data "vsphere_datastore" "datastore":
7: datacenter_id = "${data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id}"
Terraform 0.11 and earlier required all non-constant expressions to be
provided via interpolation syntax, but this pattern is now deprecated. To
silence this warning, remove the "${ sequence from the start and the }"
sequence from the end of this expression, leaving just the inner expression.
Template interpolation syntax is still used to construct strings from
expressions when the template includes multiple interpolation sequences or a
mixture of literal strings and interpolations. This deprecation applies only
to templates that consist entirely of a single interpolation sequence.
(and 5 more similar warnings elsewhere)
Terraform has been successfully initialized!
You may now begin working with Terraform. Try running "terraform plan" to see
any changes that are required for your infrastructure. All Terraform commands
should now work.
If you ever set or change modules or backend configuration for Terraform,
rerun this command to reinitialize your working directory. If you forget, other
commands will detect it and remind you to do so if necessary.
Related terms
See also
- Terraform configuration files, Terraform state files:
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