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 terrafo

Submitted by stefanr· Apr 18, 2026Use Terraform CLI

Question

Terraform installs its providers during which phase?

Options

APlan
BInit
CRefresh
DAll of the above

How the community answered

(33 responses)

A
3% (1)
B
91% (30)
D
6% (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#provider installation#Terraform workflow

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