terraform validate

terraform validate validates the configuration files in a directory.

• terraform validate
• terraform validate && terraform plan

terraform validate requires an initialized working directory with any referenced plugins and modules installed. Execute: terraform init -backend=false

Example

terraform validate
Success! The configuration is valid.

Examples with errors

• Error: Could not load plugin
• Error: Unsupported argument ... An argument named "XXX" is not expected here.

Related

• terraform init -backend=false
• terraform fmt
• terraform fmt -check
• terraform plan
• terraform state, terraform state show
• Test mode
• aws cloudformation validate-template
• K8s datree plugin
• terragrunt validate
• tflint
• Pre-commit Terraform hooks: .pre-commit-config.yaml

See also

• terraform fmt [ -diff | -check | validate | --help ]

https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/validate.html