You ate making changes to existing Terraform code to add some new infrastructure. When is the best time to run terraform validate?

The correct answer is C. Before you run terraform plan so you can validate your code syntax. This is the best time to run terraform validate, as it will check your code for syntax errors, typos, and missing arguments before you attempt to create a plan. The other options are either incorrect

Submitted by anjalisingh· Apr 18, 2026Use Terraform CLI

Question

You ate making changes to existing Terraform code to add some new infrastructure. When is the best time to run terraform validate?

Options

AAfter you run terraform apply so you can validate your infrastructure
BBefore you run terraform apply so you can validate your provider credentials
CBefore you run terraform plan so you can validate your code syntax
DAfter you run terraform plan so you can validate that your state file is consistent with your

How the community answered

(24 responses)

A
4% (1)
C
88% (21)
D
8% (2)

Explanation

This is the best time to run terraform validate, as it will check your code for syntax errors, typos, and missing arguments before you attempt to create a plan. The other options are either incorrect

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#terraform validate#Terraform workflow#syntax validation#CLI commands

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