Terraform init

terraform init command is used to initialize a working directory (.terraform/) containing Terraform configuration files: main.tf

• https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/init.html
• terraform init --help

During terraform init, the configuration is searched for module blocks, and the source code for referenced modules is retrieved from the locations given in their source arguments.

It is safe to run terraform init multiple times.

terraform init -> terraform plan ->  terraform apply -> terraform show

Commands

• terraform init
• terraform init -upgrade
• terraform init -reconfigure
• terraform init -migrate-state
• terraform init -get-plugins=false
• terraform init -verify-plugins=false
• terraform init -backend-config=bucket=your_bucket_name -backend-config=key=your-key-name/project/***/state.tfstate -backend-config=region=XXXXX -backend-config=access_key=XXXX -backend-config=secret_key=XXXX

Examples

• Examples: terraform init executions
• Example: terraform init
• Execution examples: terraform init execution examples
• Warning: Quoted references are deprecated

Errors

• Error: Failed to query available provider packages
• Error: Unsupported Terraform Core version
• Error: Backend initialization required, please run "terraform init"

Related terms

• terraform apply, terraform validate, terraform show
• .terraform.lock.hcl
• .terraform/ or .terraform.d/
• .terraform/modules/
• source
• Backends: Terraform S3 backend
• Terraform EKS
• terraform get
• Terraform provider
• Terraform initialized in an empty directory!
• Terraform has been successfully initialized!
• Initializing provider plugins...
• hashicorp/

See also

• terraform init [ -upgrade | -reconfigure | -backend-config | -get-plugins=false | -verify-plugins=false ], --help, Execution examples, Execution with errors, ~/.terraformrc, required_providers
• Terraform configuration files, Terraform state files: .tf, .tfvars, main.tf, outputs.tf, variables.tf, .terraform.d/, terraform init, providers.tf, .terraform/, terraform.tfstate, .terraform.lock.hcl, terraform.tfstate.d, override.tf, versions.tf