github.com/hs0210/hashicorp-terraform@v0.11.12-beta1/website/docs/commands/index.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "Commands" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-commands" 5 description: |- 6 Terraform is controlled via a very easy to use command-line interface (CLI). Terraform is only a single command-line application: terraform. This application then takes a subcommand such as "apply" or "plan". The complete list of subcommands is in the navigation to the left. 7 --- 8 9 # Terraform Commands (CLI) 10 11 Terraform is controlled via a very easy to use command-line interface (CLI). 12 Terraform is only a single command-line application: terraform. This application 13 then takes a subcommand such as "apply" or "plan". The complete list of subcommands 14 is in the navigation to the left. 15 16 The terraform CLI is a well-behaved command line application. In erroneous cases, 17 a non-zero exit status will be returned. It also responds to -h and --help as you'd 18 most likely expect. 19 20 To view a list of the available commands at any time, just run terraform with no arguments: 21 22 ```text 23 $ terraform 24 Usage: terraform [--version] [--help] <command> [args] 25 26 The available commands for execution are listed below. 27 The most common, useful commands are shown first, followed by 28 less common or more advanced commands. If you're just getting 29 started with Terraform, stick with the common commands. For the 30 other commands, please read the help and docs before usage. 31 32 Common commands: 33 apply Builds or changes infrastructure 34 console Interactive console for Terraform interpolations 35 destroy Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure 36 fmt Rewrites config files to canonical format 37 get Download and install modules for the configuration 38 graph Create a visual graph of Terraform resources 39 import Import existing infrastructure into Terraform 40 init Initialize a new or existing Terraform configuration 41 output Read an output from a state file 42 plan Generate and show an execution plan 43 providers Prints a tree of the providers used in the configuration 44 push Upload this Terraform module to Terraform Enterprise to run 45 refresh Update local state file against real resources 46 show Inspect Terraform state or plan 47 taint Manually mark a resource for recreation 48 untaint Manually unmark a resource as tainted 49 validate Validates the Terraform files 50 version Prints the Terraform version 51 workspace Workspace management 52 53 All other commands: 54 debug Debug output management (experimental) 55 force-unlock Manually unlock the terraform state 56 state Advanced state management 57 ``` 58 59 To get help for any specific command, pass the -h flag to the relevant subcommand. For example, 60 to see help about the graph subcommand: 61 62 ```text 63 $ terraform graph -h 64 Usage: terraform graph [options] PATH 65 66 Outputs the visual graph of Terraform resources. If the path given is 67 the path to a configuration, the dependency graph of the resources are 68 shown. If the path is a plan file, then the dependency graph of the 69 plan itself is shown. 70 71 The graph is outputted in DOT format. The typical program that can 72 read this format is GraphViz, but many web services are also available 73 to read this format. 74 ``` 75 76 ## Shell Tab-completion 77 78 If you use either `bash` or `zsh` as your command shell, Terraform can provide 79 tab-completion support for all command names and (at this time) _some_ command 80 arguments. 81 82 To add the necessary commands to your shell profile, run the following command: 83 84 ```bash 85 terraform -install-autocomplete 86 ``` 87 88 After installation, it is necessary to restart your shell or to re-read its 89 profile script before completion will be activated. 90 91 To uninstall the completion hook, assuming that it has not been modified 92 manually in the shell profile, run the following command: 93 94 ```bash 95 terraform -uninstall-autocomplete 96 ``` 97 98 Currently not all of Terraform's subcommands have full tab-completion support 99 for all arguments. We plan to improve tab-completion coverage over time. 100 101 ## Upgrade and Security Bulletin Checks 102 103 The Terraform CLI commands interact with the HashiCorp service 104 [Checkpoint](https://checkpoint.hashicorp.com/) to check for the availability 105 of new versions and for critical security bulletins about the current version. 106 107 One place where the effect of this can be seen is in `terraform version`, where 108 it is used by default to indicate in the output when a newer version is 109 available. 110 111 Only anonymous information, which cannot be used to identify the user or host, 112 is sent to Checkpoint. An anonymous ID is sent which helps de-duplicate warning 113 messages. Both the anonymous id and the use of checkpoint itself are completely 114 optional and can be disabled. 115 116 Checkpoint itself can be entirely disabled for all HashiCorp products by 117 setting the environment variable `CHECKPOINT_DISABLE` to any non-empty value. 118 119 Alternatively, settings in 120 [the CLI configuration file](/docs/commands/cli-config.html) can be used to 121 disable checkpoint features. The following checkpoint-related settings are 122 supported in this file: 123 124 * `disable_checkpoint` - set to `true` to disable checkpoint calls 125 entirely. This is similar to the `CHECKPOINT_DISABLE` environment variable 126 described above. 127 128 * `disable_checkpoint_signature` - set to `true` to disable the use of an 129 anonymous signature in checkpoint requests. This allows Terraform to check 130 for security bulletins but does not send the anonymous signature in these 131 requests. 132 133 [The Checkpoint client code](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-checkpoint) used 134 by Terraform is available for review by any interested party.