turtletramp's blog

Commands

• `terraform graph`
• `webgraphviz.com` - to copy paset in the result of terraform graph to see it in a graphical view
• `terraform plan` - shows what would be changed without actually applying it
• `terraform apply` - is showing the plan and then applying it in one stap

state handling of terraform

• stores the state of the remote in local files
• can be updated with a command (which one?)
• ...

aws

• Do not use an elastic IP (eip) directly but instead use an aws_eip_association that assigns an eip to an instance. This way way we can change the instance at any time without loosing the IP.