Infrastructure · Flashcard
What are the main steps of the core Terraform workflow?
- AWrite, then init, then plan, then apply — the standard cycle for managing infrastructure
- BBuild, then test, then release, then deploy — the standard cycle for shipping application code
- CClone, then compile, then package, then publish — the standard cycle for distributing binaries
- DPlan, then init, then validate, then destroy — the standard cycle for managing infrastructure
Why this is the answer
You author config, initialize the directory, preview with plan, then apply. Destroy is a separate teardown step, not part of the normal build loop.
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