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hardterraform

Apply Terraform changes to a single specific resource, ignoring others

command

terraform apply -target=google_compute_instance.web

also accepted

terraform apply -targetterraform apply -target=google_compute_instance

Command breakdown

Part of the terraform — Terraform category.

terraformapply-target=google_compute_instance.web

More Terraform commands

Initialise a Terraform working directory, downloading providers and modulesterraform init
Preview the infrastructure changes Terraform will make without applying themterraform plan
Apply the Terraform configuration to create or update real infrastructureterraform apply
Destroy all infrastructure resources managed by the current Terraform configurationterraform destroy
Check Terraform configuration files for syntax errors and internal consistencyterraform validate
Reformat Terraform configuration files to the canonical styleterraform fmt
Print the output values defined in the Terraform configurationterraform output
List all resources tracked in the current Terraform state fileterraform state list

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