Terraform is a Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool to manage infrastructure with configuration files.
Scope: Identify the infrastructure for your project Author: Write configuration to define your infrasctructure Initialize: install the required Terraform providers Plan: Preview the changes Terraform will make Apply: Make the changes to your infrastructure
- List state management
terraform state list
- Check Format
terraform fmt
- Validate file
terraform validate
- Query output values
terraform output
You can create a file to load envvars. Terraform loads files called terraform.tfvars or matching *.auto.tfvars. Don't commit sensitive values into source control.
Eg:
project = "<PROJECT_ID>"
credentials_file = "<FILE>"