Gokul Deepak S

Terraform Cheatsheet with pdf. You can download Terraform Cheatsheet pdf with all Terraform CLI commands needed.

The mentioned list is the most used Terraform commands. If you need more additional information on each of the commands you can find it in the below link.

• terraform version : Get terraform version
• terraform -help : Get the list of all commands with descriptions.
• terraform init : Initalizes terraform working directory
• terraform init -migrate-state : Reconfigure the backend and will migrate the backend
• terraform validate : Validates syntax and arguments of terraform files
• terraform plan : Runs execution plan
• terraform plan -out=pathofplan : Runs execution plan and saves in a file
• terraform plan -destroy : Runs an execution plan for destroy
• terraform apply : Create and update infrastructure
• terraform apply -auto-approve : Updates infrastructure without expecting ‘yes’
• terraform apply -var=”instance_type=t2.micro” : Runs apply with value for the variable
• terraform apply -var-file=”varfile.tfvars” : Runs apply with variable values mentioned in the file 
• terraform apply filename : Runs apply over the plan output created in file
• terraform apply -target=”aws_instance.this” : Runs apply only to particular resource
• terraform apply -parallelism=5 : Creates resources paralley. Default value is 10
• terraform destroy : Destroys all resources in statefile
• terraform destroy –auto-approve : Destroys infrastructure without expecting ‘yes’
• terraform destroy -target=”aws_instance.this” : Destroys particular resource
• terraform fmt : Formats terraform code
• terraform fmt –recursive : Formats terraform code including subdirectories
• terraform fmt  –diff : Displays difference after formating
• terraform get : Downloads modules

I was planning to do Terraform certification a long time ago. I have worked on multiple projects using Terraform after my plan but still it’s in the planning stage. To make it happen I want to make it public, so that may give me some commitment.

I hope documenting this journey may also help others. By reading multiple posts and watching multiple videos I have a plan for how to prepare for this exam.

Terraform Associate Exam Preparation Strategy:

• Read the syllabus thorougly
• Watch Udemy/YouTube videos and get basic Ideas
• Read Terraform Documentation (Optional)
• Give Practice Tests
• Revise weak areas in Terraform Documentation
• Take notes to revise before the Exam

Terraform Associate Exam Preparation Steps:

Six Steps to Clear Terraform Associate Exam. You can also skip some steps by reading Terraform documentation instead of watching Video courses or skipping Terraform documentation and reading our Terraform notes instead.

Step 1:

Click here to read the Terraform Syllabus

Step 2:

I’m listing some of the Udemy Courses which I have watched and which helped me a lot

Step 3:

Official Terraform Documentation. You can also skip this step and directly

Step 4:

I’m listing some Good Sites to give Terraform Practice Tests

Step 5:

After giving practice tests you will understand the weak areas where more concentration is needed. Reread those documents

Step 6:

I have taken notes for all these topics. You can use them and save time by DRY(Do not Repeat Yourself) method. You can also take some notes on you own if you need to waste more time by repeating.