Terraform destroy for cleanup - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to run the Terraform command that destroys all managed infrastructure.

Terraform

terraform [1]

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Aapply

Bdestroy

Cplan

Dinit

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'terraform apply' which creates or updates resources instead of destroying them.

Using 'terraform plan' which only shows changes without applying them.

The terraform destroy command removes all resources created by Terraform, cleaning up your infrastructure.

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medium

Complete the command to destroy infrastructure without asking for confirmation.

Terraform

terraform destroy [1]

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A-skip-approve

B-force

C-auto-approve

D-no-confirm

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using flags that do not exist like '-force' or '-no-confirm'.

Forgetting to add any flag and getting prompted for confirmation.

The -auto-approve flag skips the confirmation prompt and immediately destroys the resources.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to destroy resources in a specific workspace.

Terraform

terraform workspace select [1] && terraform destroy -auto-approve

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Adefault

Bmain

Cproduction

Ddev

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Selecting the wrong workspace name that does not exist.

Not selecting any workspace and destroying resources in the default workspace.

To destroy resources in the 'dev' workspace, you must select it first using terraform workspace select dev.

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hard

Fill both blanks to destroy resources using a specific Terraform state file and skip confirmation.

Terraform

terraform [1] -state=[2] -auto-approve

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Adestroy

Bapply

Cterraform.tfstate

Dprod.tfstate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'apply' instead of 'destroy' which creates or updates resources.

Using the wrong state file name or forgetting to specify it.

Use terraform destroy to remove resources and specify the state file with -state=prod.tfstate to target the correct infrastructure.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to destroy resources with a plan file and skip confirmation.

Terraform

terraform [1] [2] [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aapply

B-auto-approve

Cdestroy.plan

D-state=terraform.tfstate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the order of arguments or using incorrect flags.

Using 'destroy' instead of 'apply' when applying a destroy plan file.

Use terraform apply destroy.plan to destroy resources using the plan file (generated from terraform plan -destroy -out=destroy.plan) and skip confirmation with -auto-approve.