Terraform lifecycle meta-argument

• https://www.terraform.io/language/meta-arguments/lifecycle

create_before_destroy | prevent_destroy | ignore_changes | replace_triggered_by

Options

• 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)

Examples

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

  lifecycle {
    create_before_destroy = true
  }
}

 lifecycle {
   ignore_changes = [
     latest_restorable_time
   ]
 }

Related

• meta-argument
• Terraform EKS module eks_managed_node_groups: desired_size
• terraform apply -target

See also

• lifecycle
• Terraform: Meta-Arguments: count, depends_on, lifecycle: [ prevent_destroy | ignore_changes ]