You have just developed a new Terraform configuration for two virtual machines with a cloud provider. You would like to create the infrastructure for the first time. Which Terraform command should…

terraform apply attempts to create or modify infrastructure but will fail on a new configuration directory because the required provider plugins have not yet been downloaded.

terraform plan generates an execution plan showing what actions Terraform will take, but it also requires the working directory to be initialized first and cannot run before terraform init.

terraform show reads and outputs the current state file or a saved plan file, and has no role in the initial setup of a new configuration directory.

terraform init prepares the working directory by downloading provider plugins specified in the configuration, initializing the backend for state storage, and installing any required modules - none of the subsequent commands (plan, apply) can succeed until this step is complete.