Terraform validate

terraform validate

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

• 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

Related commands

• terraform init -backend=false
• terraform fmt -check
• terraform plan
• terraform state, terraform state show
• terraform fmt
• Test mode
• aws cloudformation validate-template

See also

• terraform [untaint | fmt | apply |show | state | init | plan | console | output | validate | destroy | debug | import | providers | get | graph | workspaces | resource | login | -var-file | state mv | state pull | state push | state replace-provider | state rm | force-unlock | env | tfe | --version | remote-exec | delete on termination | deprecated commands | terraform --help]
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