What is the purpose of Terraform state?

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To map the resources in your configuration to the real objects that exist in the world — State maps config to real infrastructure so Terraform knows what it manages. Provider plugins live in .terraform, not in state.

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To store the provider plugins that Terraform downloads for the configuration to use

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To record the ordered commands that Terraform will run during the next apply step

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To hold the version constraints that Terraform applies when selecting its providers

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