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Terraform Cloud runs Terraform operations and stores state remotely, so you can use Terraform without worrying about the stability of your local machine, or the security of your state file.
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Workflows

Resources are organized by workspaces, which contain your resource definitions, environment and input variables, and state files. A Terraform operation occurs within a workspace, and Terraform uses the configuration and state for that workspace to modify your infrastructure.

Terraform Cloud supports three workflows for your Terraform runs:

  • The CLI-driven workflow, which uses Terraform’s standard CLI tools to execute runs in Terraform Cloud.

    • Inititated from a terminal
    • Terraform uses remote execution environment

  • The UI/Version Control System(VCS)-driven workflow, in which changes pushed to version control repositories trigger runs in the associated workspace.

    • Requires access to the VCS from Terraform cloud
    • Associated to a repository containing Terraform configuration

  • The API-driven workflow, which allows you to create tooling to interact with the Terraform Cloud API programmatically.

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