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Exploring Terraform State

Difficulty: Beginner

Duration: Up to 40 minutes

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Description

Terraform uses a system called Terraform State to keep track of resources managed and deployed through Terraform. This is a critical concept to understand as a Terraform infrastructure developer because Terraform state will always need to be kept in mind when architecting solutions. The state file acts as a database for mapping resources in AWS to the Terraform configuration file. It allows Terraform to have a declarative approach when it comes to infrastructure and provides performance boosts with large-scale infrastructure automation.

In this lab, you will learn how Terraform keeps track of the resources that it manages through the Terraform state.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this beginner-level lab, you will be able to:

Understand how Terraform state works
Create, update, and restore a terraform.tfstate file

Intended audience

This lab is intended for:

Individuals studying to take the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate exam
Anyone interested in learning how to use Terraform to manage Cloud Service Providers