Terraform Basics: State Data Structure

State data is core to the functionality of Terraform. Terraform uses state data to map real-world resources to your configuration, keep track of metadata, and store attributes of resources.

Essentially, the only way Terraform knows that it is managing a real-world resource is through an entry in state data. If the entry is removed, or the state data is lost, Terraform will not know about the actual infrastructure it's managing.

What I really want to get at in this video is the structure of state data, and how you can manipulate it safely. I try to keep the basics videos on the shorter side, so in this video we'll cover the structure and in a future video we'll cover how to manage state data.

This is part of the Terraform Basics series, a set of video created to focus on one aspect of Terraform and explain it in detail. While not a replacement for a full course, if there's something in Terraform that doesn't quite click with you, hopefully Terraform Basics will fill in the gaps.

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🌮 Other Terraform Basics videos to check out:

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🌮 Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 Intro
⌚ 1:00 Example deployment
⌚ 1:47 State data storage
⌚ 3:24 Metadata in state
⌚ 5:38 Outputs in state
⌚ 6:46 Resources in state
⌚ 8:54 Final Thoughts

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🌮 About Me 🌮

Ned is a curious human with a knack for creating entertaining and informative content. With over 20 years in the industry, Ned brings real-world experience to all his creative endeavours, whether that's pontificating on a podcast, delivering live instruction, writing certification guides, or producing technical training videos. He has been a helpdesk operator, systems administrator, cloud architect, and product manager. In his newest incarnation, Ned is the Founder of Ned in the Cloud LLC. As a one-man-tech juggernaut, he develops courses for Pluralsight, runs two podcasts (Day Two Cloud and Chaos Lever, and creates original content for technology vendors.

Ned has been a Microsoft MVP since 2017 and a HashiCorp Ambassador since 2020, and he holds a bunch of industry certifications that have no bearing on anything beyond his exceptional ability to take exams and pass them. When not in front of the camera, keyboard, and microphone, you can find Ned running the scenic trails of Pennsylvania or rocking out to live music in his hometown of Philadelphia. Ned has three guiding principles: Embrace discomfort, Fail often, and Be kind.

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Great content as always. Thank you for your wonderful work!