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Command: apply
The terraform apply
command is used to apply the changes required
to reach the desired state of the configuration, or the pre-determined
set of actions generated by a terraform plan
execution plan.
Usage
Usage: terraform apply [options] [dir-or-plan]
By default, apply
scans the current directory for the configuration
and applies the changes appropriately. However, a path to another configuration
or an execution plan can be provided. Execution plans can be used to only
execute a pre-determined set of actions.
The dir
argument can also be a module source.
In this case, apply
behaves as though init
were called with that
argument followed by an apply
in the current directory. This is meant
as a shortcut for getting started.
The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:
-
-backup=path
- Path to the backup file. Defaults to-state-out
with the ".backup" extension. Disabled by setting to "-". -
-input=true
- Ask for input for variables if not directly set. -
-no-color
- Disables output with coloring. -
-parallelism=n
- Limit the number of concurrent operation as Terraform walks the graph. -
-refresh=true
- Update the state for each resource prior to planning and applying. This has no effect if a plan file is given directly to apply. -
-state=path
- Path to the state file. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate". Ignored when remote state is used. -
-state-out=path
- Path to write updated state file. By default, the-state
path will be used. Ignored when remote state is used. -
-target=resource
- A Resource Address to target. Operation will be limited to this resource and its dependencies. This flag can be used multiple times. -
-var 'foo=bar'
- Set a variable in the Terraform configuration. This flag can be set multiple times. Variable values are interpreted as HCL, so list and map values can be specified via this flag. -
-var-file=foo
- Set variables in the Terraform configuration from a variable file. If "terraform.tfvars" is present, it will be automatically loaded first. Any files specified by-var-file
override any values in a "terraform.tfvars". This flag can be used multiple times.