HashiCorp Updated Terraform-Associate-003 Exam Questions and Answers by peyton

This is the command that does not cause Terraform to refresh its state, as it only lists the resources that are currently managed by Terraform in the state file. The other commands will refresh the state file before performing their operations, unless you use the -refresh=false flag.

This is the best way to delete the newly-created VM with Terraform, as it will only affect the resource that was created by your configuration and state file. The other options are either incorrect or inefficient.

Importing Existing Resources: Theterraform importcommand brings resources already deployed in a cloud environment into Terraform’s state file, allowing Terraform to manage them.

Workflow Usage: Importing is vital when managing resources created outside of Terraform or those in place before Terraform adoption.

Refer to Terraform’s import command documentation.

This is where Terraform cannot load a provider from, as it requires a compiled binary file that implements the provider protocol. You can load a provider from a plugins directory, a provider plugin cache, or the official HashiCorp distribution on releases.hashicorp.com.