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     2  layout: "docs"
     3  page_title: "CLI Configuration - Terraform CLI"
     4  description: "Find documentation about the CLI config file and customizing Terraform environment variables."
     5  ---
     6  
     7  # CLI Configuration
     8  
     9  Terraform CLI can be configured with some global settings, which are separate
    10  from any Terraform configuration and which apply across all working directories.
    11  
    12  We've designed Terraform such that an average user running Terraform CLI
    13  interactively will not need to interact with any of these settings. As a result,
    14  most of the global settings relate to advanced or automated workflows, or
    15  unusual environmental conditions like running Terraform on an airgapped
    16  instance.
    17  
    18  - The [CLI config file](/docs/cli/config/config-file.html) configures provider
    19    installation and security features.
    20  - Several [environment variables](/docs/cli/config/environment-variables.html) can
    21    configure Terraform's inputs and outputs; this includes some alternate ways to
    22    provide information that is usually passed on the command line or read from
    23    the state of the shell.