You have a simple Terraform configuration containing one virtual machine (VM) in a cloud provider. You run terraform apply and the VM is created successfully. What will happen if you terraform apply…

The correct answer is D. Nothing. Terraform follows a declarative approach, meaning it ensures the infrastructure matches the If you run terraform apply again without any changes, Terraform will detect that the infrastructure is already up to date and will do nothing. The command will complete successfully with…

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You have a simple Terraform configuration containing one virtual machine (VM) in a cloud provider. You run terraform apply and the VM is created successfully. What will happen if you terraform apply again immediately afterward without changing any Terraform code?

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ATerraform will terminate and recreate the VM.
BTerraform will create another duplicate VM.
CTerraform will apply the VM to the state file.
DNothing

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Explanation

Terraform follows a declarative approach, meaning it ensures the infrastructure matches the If you run terraform apply again without any changes, Terraform will detect that the infrastructure is already up to date and will do nothing. The command will complete successfully with the message "No changes. Your infrastructure matches the configuration."

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#Terraform apply workflow#Idempotency#Terraform state#Desired state

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