HashiCorp Terraform Associate Terraform Workspaces

Question 1

Which command creates a new Terraform workspace named 'staging'?

Accepted Answer

terraform workspace new staging

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terraform workspace create staging

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terraform workspace init staging

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terraform workspace add staging

Question 2

Which command lists all available Terraform workspaces?

Accepted Answer

terraform workspace list

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terraform workspace show

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terraform workspace view

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terraform workspace status

Question 3

What is the name of the workspace that exists by default in every Terraform configuration?

Accepted Answer

default

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main

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primary

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root

Question 4

How do you reference the currently selected workspace name inside a Terraform configuration?

Accepted Answer

terraform.workspace

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var.workspace

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env.workspace

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local.workspace

Question 5

What happens to Terraform state when you switch between workspaces?

Accepted Answer

Each workspace maintains its own separate state file

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State is merged across workspaces

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State is deleted and recreated on every switch

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State is shared across all workspaces in the same directory

Question 6

Which command switches to an existing Terraform workspace named 'production'?

Accepted Answer

terraform workspace select production

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terraform workspace switch production

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terraform workspace change production

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terraform workspace use production

Question 7

When using the local backend, where are non-default workspace state files stored?

Accepted Answer

In a terraform.tfstate.d/ directory with a subdirectory per workspace

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In a single terraform.tfstate file alongside the default state

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In separate root-level directories named after each workspace

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In the .terraform/workspaces/ hidden directory