Command: state show
The terraform state show command is used to show 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 list of available flags are:
-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 example below shows the "example" instance of a packet_device resource named worker configured with
for_each:
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\"]