This sub-project contains terraform code to understand the concept of lifecycle block with the help of resource deployment on Google Cloud Platform.

  • Lifecycle block is used to change the typical behavoiur of resource. lifecycle is a nested block that can appear within a resource block. The lifecycle block and its contents are meta-arguments, available for all resource blocks regardless of type.

Prerequisites

All the prerequisites mentioned in top level README file must be fulfilled for successful execution of code.

Code Execution

To execute the terraform code, go to command prompt and then run the following commands:

  • [Required] terraform init # To initialize the terraform working directory.
  • [Optional] terraform validate # To validate the terraform configuration.
  • [Optional] terraform fmt # To format the terraform configuration to a canonical format and style.
  • [Optional] terraform plan # To create an execution plan for terraform configuration files.
  • [Required] terraform apply -auto-approve # To execute the actions proposed in a terraform plan to create, update, or destroy infrastructure.
  • [Optional] terraform destroy -auto-approve # To destroy the created infrastructure. Specific resources can be destroyed using resource targetting.

References

  • https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/resources/behavior
  • https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/meta-arguments/lifecycle