Exam Terraform Associate topic 1 question 15 discussion

A. State file - its updated during the refresh B. Configuration file - C. Credentials - required to get onto the cloud D. Cloud provider - required to carry out the refresh of whats in the cloud vs whats in state.

the answer has to be B, as per docs, it's checking remote objects and update the state file, it needs to process the creds to connect, the cloud provider to check objects and the state to update. "The terraform refresh command reads the current settings from all managed remote objects and updates the Terraform state to match."

When running terraform refresh, Terraform updates the state file by querying the cloud provider using the appropriate credentials to check the actual state of the infrastructure. However, the configuration file (the .tf files) is not processed during a refresh. Terraform is only concerned with updating the state to match the real-world infrastructure, not applying changes from the configuration.

Refresh command updates the state file but not the terraform configuration file

Refresh command will update the remote state file to match the current configuration. So configuration file won’t change anything. State file and credentials and cloud providers will associate with the refresh action

The question is outdated as this command is deprecated by Terraform, and they also recommend against using it because it provides no opportunity to review the effects of the operation before updating the state.

B. Configuration file

i choose B

I choose B

Of course it is B. Credentials are used during refresh.

The answer is C. Credentials. When you run terraform refresh, Terraform will read the state file and the configuration file, but it will not read the credentials. This is because the credentials are used to connect to the cloud provider, and Terraform does not need to connect to the cloud provider to refresh the state file.

Agree with B. Only confiugration file not processed for provisioning infra. Provider & credential need login to infra & state file will overwrite new config current infra

he configuration file is not processed during terraform refresh. The configuration file is only used during the terraform apply or terraform plan commands to determine the desired state of the infrastructure. terraform refresh does not make any changes to the infrastructure, it only updates the state file to reflect the current state of the resources in the cloud provider.

The answer is B.

The terraform refresh command does not create new resources or modify existing resources. It only updates the state to reflect the current configuration. If you want to create new resources or modify existing resources, you need to use the terraform apply command.

there is should be two answers, then B and another one?

State file and if credentials stored in the state file gets updated. I chose B and D