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page_title: Resources Overview - Configuration Language
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description: >-
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Resources describe infrastructure objects in Terraform configurations. Find
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documentation for resource syntax, behavior, and meta-arguments.
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---
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# Resources
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> **Hands-on:** Try the [Terraform: Get Started](https://learn.hashicorp.com/collections/terraform/aws-get-started?utm_source=WEBSITE&utm_medium=WEB_IO&utm_offer=ARTICLE_PAGE&utm_content=DOCS) collection on HashiCorp Learn.
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_Resources_ are the most important element in the Terraform language.
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Each resource block describes one or more infrastructure objects, such
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as virtual networks, compute instances, or higher-level components such
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as DNS records.
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- [Resource Blocks](/language/resources/syntax) documents
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the syntax for declaring resources.
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- [Resource Behavior](/language/resources/behavior) explains in
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more detail how Terraform handles resource declarations when applying a
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configuration.
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- The Meta-Arguments section documents special arguments that can be used with
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every resource type, including
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[`depends_on`](/language/meta-arguments/depends_on),
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[`count`](/language/meta-arguments/count),
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[`for_each`](/language/meta-arguments/for_each),
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[`provider`](/language/meta-arguments/resource-provider),
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and [`lifecycle`](/language/meta-arguments/lifecycle).
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- [Provisioners](/language/resources/provisioners/syntax)
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documents configuring post-creation actions for a resource using the
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`provisioner` and `connection` blocks. Since provisioners are non-declarative
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and potentially unpredictable, we strongly recommend that you treat them as a
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last resort.
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