Terraform installs its providers during which phase?

The correct answer is B. Init. Terraform installs providers during the terraform init phase. Providers are downloaded and installed when running terraform init. A (terraform plan) is incorrect because terraform plan only calculates changes but does not install C (terraform refresh) is incorrect because…

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APlan
BInit
CRefresh
DAll of the above

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A
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B
83% (25)
C
7% (2)
D
7% (2)

Explanation

Terraform installs providers during the terraform init phase. Providers are downloaded and installed when running terraform init. A (terraform plan) is incorrect because terraform plan only calculates changes but does not install C (terraform refresh) is incorrect because terraform refresh only updates the state but does not install providers.

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#terraform init#providers#initialization phases

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