HashiCorp Terraform Associate Terraform Workspaces 2

Question 1

Which command deletes a Terraform workspace named 'dev'?

Accepted Answer

terraform workspace delete dev

Answer

`terraform workspace delete <name>` removes the specified workspace; it will fail if the workspace has existing state unless `-force` is used.

Question 2

Can the 'default' workspace be deleted in Terraform?

Accepted Answer

No, the default workspace cannot be deleted

Answer

The default workspace is permanent and cannot be deleted; it always exists as the fallback workspace.

Question 3

Which is the most common use case for Terraform workspaces?

Accepted Answer

Isolating state for different environments such as dev, staging, and production

Answer

Workspaces are primarily used to manage separate state files for different environments while sharing the same configuration code.

Question 4

How can you use the current workspace to choose different values in your configuration?

Accepted Answer

By using terraform.workspace inside a lookup() function with a variable map

Answer

A common pattern is `lookup(var.environment_config, terraform.workspace, var.default_config)` to select workspace-appropriate values.

Question 5

Which statement is true about the default workspace when using the local backend?

Accepted Answer

The default workspace state is stored in terraform.tfstate in the working directory

Answer

The default workspace's state file is stored directly as `terraform.tfstate` in the working directory, unlike other workspaces which go into `terraform.tfstate.d/`.

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