Desk 2

Question 1

What is the command format to save a Terraform plan output to a file called lewis?

Answer 1

terraform plan -out=lewis

Question 2

What are some of the features/functions of Terraform state?

Answer 2

Increased performance
Mapping configuration to real-world resources
Determining the correct order to destroy resources

Question 3

Which Terraform feature would you use to iterate over a set of items, avoiding having to write code for each item explicitly?

Answer 3

A dynamic block

Question 4

Terraform’s workspaces are the same in OSS and Cloud, true or false?

Answer 4

False.

A workspace in Cloud is like a whole new working directory, whereas in OSS it’s simply a different state file.

Question 5

What does the ~> version constraint mean when pinning versions?

Answer 5

Only the rightmost version component is allowed to increase.

Question 6

Which configuration line would you use to identify the version of a provider required?

Answer 6

required_providers

Question 7

Which files should you set Git to ignore when commiting your code to a repo?

Answer 7

terraform.tfvars
terraform.tfstate
.terraform [Lewis added]

Question 8

Which Terraform command can be used to inspect the current state file?

Answer 8

terraform show

Question 9

What does the local-exec provisioner do?

Answer 9

Allows you to execute commands on the machine running Terraform, and to invoke a local executable.

Question 10

How would you choose a specific module tag (in Git) as a source?

Answer 10

In a module block, add the source argument with “git::”, the Git URL and the tag, in the form “?ref=v1.0.4”, where v1.0.4 is the version tagged version.

Example:
module “vpc” {
source = “git::https://example.com/vpc.git?ref=v1.2.0”
}