How does Terraform keep track of provisioned resources?

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• AIt uses the terraform. tf state file
• BTerraform does not keep the state of resources created
• CIt uses the terraform. tfvars file.
• DIt uses the database. tf file.

• A
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• B
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• C
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• D
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Explanation

Terraform manages and tracks the state of infrastructure resources through a file known as terraform.tfstate. This file is automatically created by Terraform and is updated after the application of a Terraform plan to capture the current state of the resources. State File Purpose: The terraform.tfstate file contains a JSON object that records the IDs and properties of resources Terraform manages, so that it can map real-world resources to your configuration, keep track of metadata, and improve performance for large infrastructures. State File Management: This file is crucial for Terraform to perform resource updates, deletions, and for creating dependencies. It's essentially the 'source of truth' for Terraform about your managed infrastructure and services.

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