Terraform

Shell Functions

Helper functions expect this directory structure per stack:

stack/
  environments/
    dev.s3.tfbackend
    dev.tfvars
    prod.s3.tfbackend
    prod.tfvars

Initialize

tf_init mystack dev

Runs terraform init -reconfigure -backend-config=environments/dev.s3.tfbackend.

Plan

tf_plan mystack dev

Runs terraform plan -var-file environments/dev.tfvars.

Apply

tf_apply mystack dev

Destroy

tf_destroy mystack dev

Clean Up

clean_terraform

Removes .terraform.lock.hcl and .terraform/ directories from the current tree.

Task Automation

Init with Dynamic Backend

task tf:init

Automatically resolves the S3 bucket name from the current AWS account:

terraform init -reconfigure -backend-config="bucket=tf-state-$(aws sts get-caller-identity | jq -r .Account)"

Plan with Sandbox Vars

task tf:plan

Runs plan with environments/sandbox.tfvars.

Aliases

Alias	Command
tf	terraform
tffmt	terraform fmt -recursive

Provider Cache

Terraform providers are cached globally to avoid re-downloading:

export TF_PLUGIN_CACHE_DIR="$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"

Prompt Integration

Starship shows the current Terraform workspace and version in the prompt when you're in a directory with .tf files.