Free HashiCorp Terraform-Associate-003 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 8

 This is a quick way to inspect the state file and find the information you need without modifying anything5. The other options are either incorrect or inefficient.

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.

A Terraformbackenddetermineswhere and how Terraform state is stored.

Bothterraform applyandterraform destroyinteract with state, so Terraform needs access to the backend for state storage and updates.

D (Neither are correct)is incorrect becauseTerraform state is required for both apply and destroy operations.

Official Terraform Documentation Reference:

Terraform Backends

The terraform state list command lists all resources that are managed by Terraform in the current state file1. The terraform state show command shows the attributes of a single resource in the state file2. By using these two commands, you can compare the VM IDs in your list with the ones in the state file and identify which one is managed by Terraform.

These are some of the ways that a ticket-based system can slow down infrastructure provisioning and limit the ability to scale, as they introduce delays, bottlenecks, and manual interventions in the process of creating and modifying infrastructure.