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Terraform Basics: Understanding `init`, `plan`, and `apply`
`init`, `plan`, and `apply` are the top three commands you will use when initializing, creating an execution plan, and executing the desired state of your configuration file. In this hands-on lab, we will learn how and when to use these three commands.
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Challenge
Create a Service Account
Create a service account named Terraform using the Google Cloud console and make sure to give it the Owner role.
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Challenge
Log in to the Host Instance and Ensure Terraform Is Installed
Using the provided virtual machine in our Google Cloud instance, make sure that we have our service account Terraform installed and that we can call it.
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Challenge
Create a Service Account Key within the Instance
In this objective, we need to:
- Use the virtual machine to create and set up the Service Account Key.
- Create the
main.tfconfiguration file and then create and apply an execution plan. - Use
init,plan, andapplyto finish our configuration.
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