the-vampiire/terraform-aws

steps

1. open in devcontainer
2. create configuration

• terraform files are called configurations

3. initialize dir (where configuration file lives)

• command: terraform init
• installs plugins in .terraform/ (like node_modules/)
• creates configuration lock file (like package-lock.json)

4. format configurations for readability

• command: terraform fmt
• should be handled by VSC extension
• ?like a linter/prettifier?

5. validate configuration syntax

• command: terraform validate
• like docker-compose config

6. apply the configuration

• command: terraform apply
• generates a configuration plan for applying infrastructure changes
  • like a version control merging strategy
• the plan consists of add, change and destroy tasks
  • after confirmation the "merge" will be applied to update the infrastructure