terraform state show command

The terraform state show command shows the attributes of a single resource in the Terraform state.

Usage

Usage: terraform state show [options] ADDRESS

The command will show the attributes of a single resource in the state file that matches the given address.

This command requires an address that points to a single resource in the state. Addresses are in resource addressing format.

The command-line flags are all optional. The following flags are available:

• -state=path - Path to the state file. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate". Ignored when remote state is used.

The output of terraform state show is intended for human consumption, not programmatic consumption. To extract state data for use in other software, use terraform show -json and decode the result using the documented structure.

Example: Show a Resource

The example below shows a packet_device resource named worker:

$ terraform state show 'packet_device.worker'
# packet_device.worker:
resource "packet_device" "worker" {
    billing_cycle = "hourly"
    created       = "2015-12-17T00:06:56Z"
    facility      = "ewr1"
    hostname      = "prod-xyz01"
    id            = "6015bg2b-b8c4-4925-aad2-f0671d5d3b13"
    locked        = false
}

Example: Show a Module Resource

The example below shows a packet_device resource named worker inside a module named foo:

$ terraform state show 'module.foo.packet_device.worker'

Example: Show a Resource configured with count

The example below shows the first instance of a packet_device resource named worker configured with count:

$ terraform state show 'packet_device.worker[0]'

Example: Show a Resource configured with for_each

The following example shows the "example" instance of a packet_device resource named worker configured with the for_each meta-argument. You must place the resource name in single quotes when it contains special characters like double quotes.

Linux, Mac OS, and UNIX:

$ terraform state show 'packet_device.worker["example"]'

PowerShell:

$ terraform state show 'packet_device.worker[\"example\"]'

Windows cmd.exe:

$ terraform state show packet_device.worker[\"example\"]