Terraform Interview Questions

Commands

Variables

• what are the ways to pass AWS credentials to AWS provider ?

  • Setting the credentials in aws provider section (Not Recommended)
  • Setting aws credentials as Environmental variable
  • Configure the credentials in ~/.aws/credentials file
  • Using AWS IAM Role

• How you can define your terraform variable as environmental variable ?

  • By prefixing the varibale name with TF_VAR_ eg: export TF_VAR_environment=dev