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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Command: validate"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-validate"
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The `terraform validate` command is used to validate the syntax of the terraform files.
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# Command: validate
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The `terraform validate` command validates the configuration files in a
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directory, referring only to the configuration and not accessing any remote
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services such as remote state, provider APIs, etc.
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Validate runs checks that verify whether a configuration is syntactically
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valid and internally consistent, regardless of any provided variables or
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existing state. It is thus primarily useful for general verification of
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reusable modules, including correctness of attribute names and value types.
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It is safe to run this command automatically, for example as a post-save
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check in a text editor or as a test step for a re-usable module in a CI
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system.
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Validation requires an initialized working directory with any referenced
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plugins and modules installed. To initialize a working directory for
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validation without accessing any configured remote backend, use:
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```
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$ terraform init -backend=false
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```
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To verify configuration in the context of a particular run (a particular
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target workspace, input variable values, etc), use the `terraform plan`
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command instead, which includes an implied validation check.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform validate [options]`
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This command accepts the following options:
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- `-json` - Produce output in a machine-readable JSON format, suitable for
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use in text editor integrations and other automated systems. Always disables
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color.
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- `-no-color` - If specified, output won't contain any color.
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