Terraform CLI Cheat Sheet/Apply saved plan

Apply exactly the actions saved in a plan file.

Section: Plan and Apply

Apply saved plan

bash
bash
terraform apply tfplan
Explanation

Apply exactly the actions saved in a plan file.

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