Terraform apply
terraform apply is a Terraform command that executes planned changes to create, modify, or delete managed infrastructure resources.
Bootstrapping Microservices, Second Edition: With Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and Terraform
terraform apply is the Terraform command that compares configuration with recorded state and applies the required infrastructure changes.
- How it is used
- Executes Terraform configuration to create and iteratively update cloud infrastructure.
- How deep it goes
- Explains plan generation, approval, completion output, auto-approval, dependencies, and repeated application, but not command internals.
- Examples
- Demonstrates Azure resource groups, container registries, Kubernetes clusters, approval prompts, and destroy-and-recreate experiments.
- What you can do after
- Operate Terraform to review and approve infrastructure changes, automate applies, and rebuild cloud resources from configuration.
Terraform in Depth: Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and OpenTofu
terraform apply is the Terraform command that executes the actions specified by an execution plan.
- How it is used
- Executes a plan’s actions to bring infrastructure into line with a Terraform configuration.
- How deep it goes
- Explains saved-plan and combined-command workflows, approval choices, and streamed output; stops short of detailing how individual provider actions execute.
- Examples
- Uses an AWS module test workspace, local TLS resource creation, and a Terraform test assertion dependent on an applied output.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it to review and apply infrastructure changes, or stream apply events through an automation wrapper.
Related concepts
- Terraform state fileuses · A file that persistently records Terraform’s representation of managed infrastructure resources and their attributes, linking configuration to real-world instances.
- deploymentused by · Deployment is the process of making software, models, or other computational systems available to operate in a target environment.
- terraform.Destroyequivalent to · terraform.Destroy is a Terratest helper function that runs Terraform destruction to remove resources managed by a test.
- Azure resource groupproduces · An Azure resource group is a logical management container for organizing related Azure resources and managing them as a unit.
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