Terraform validate

terraform validate validates the configuration files in a directory.

• terraform validate
• terraform validate && terraform plan

terraform validate requires an initialized working directory with any referenced plugins and modules installed. Execute: terraform init -backend=false

Example

terraform validate
Success! The configuration is valid.

Examples with errors

• Error: Could not load plugin

Error: Unsupported argument
14│
15│ on main.tf line 39, in module "xxx":
16│ 39: install-aqua-gateway-lb = false
17│
18│ An argument named "install-aqua-gateway-lb" is not expected here.

Related

• terraform init -backend=false
• terraform fmt
• terraform fmt -check
• terraform plan
• terraform state, terraform state show
• Test mode
• aws cloudformation validate-template
• K8s datree plugin
• terragrunt validate
• tflint
• .pre-commit-config.yaml

See also

• terraform fmt [ -diff | -check | validate | --help ]

https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/validate.html