Terraform
A declarative Infrastructure as Code tool that describes resources in configuration files and converges infrastructure toward that state.
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Terraform Apply
The Terraform operation that executes plan actions to actually change infrastructure.
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The mechanism that defines where Terraform stores state and, depending on backend, how it handles locking or remote execution.
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The difference between Terraform's declared/stored infrastructure state and a resource changed outside the Terraform workflow.
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A reusable Terraform configuration package grouping resources, variables, outputs, and architecture logic.
View →Terraform Plan
The Terraform operation that calculates and presents required changes without immediately applying them.
View →Terraform Provider
A Terraform plugin that implements resources and data sources for a specific API or platform.
View →Terraform State
The state file or object in which Terraform maps configuration resources to real objects and keeps required attributes.
View →Terraform Workspace
A separate Terraform state namespace using the same configuration to maintain multiple logical instances of the same code.
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