Terraform Cheat Sheet

Every Terraform command in the library, on one page. Search, filter by category, or jump to a full command reference for detailed examples.

Command	Syntax	Description
terraform init	terraform init	Initializes a working directory — downloads providers and modules, and sets up the backend.
terraform plan	terraform plan [-out=<file>]	Shows what changes Terraform would make without actually applying them.
terraform apply	terraform apply [<plan-file>]	Applies the changes required to reach the desired state described in your configuration.
terraform destroy	terraform destroy	Destroys all resources managed by the current Terraform configuration.
terraform fmt	terraform fmt [-recursive]	Rewrites configuration files to a canonical format and style.
terraform validate	terraform validate	Checks whether a configuration is syntactically valid and internally consistent.
terraform state list	terraform state list	Lists every resource currently tracked in the state file.
terraform state show	terraform state show <resource>	Shows the current state attributes of a single resource.
terraform import	terraform import <resource-address> <id>	Brings an existing, manually-created resource under Terraform management by adding it to the state.
terraform output	terraform output [<name>]	Prints the values of output variables defined in the configuration.