Terraform CLI Cheat Sheet/Show outputs as JSON

Emit outputs as JSON for scripting.

Section: Inspect State and Outputs

Show outputs as JSON

bash
bash
terraform output -json
Explanation

Emit outputs as JSON for scripting.

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