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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Command: init"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-init"
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The `terraform init` command is used to initialize a Terraform configuration using another module as a skeleton.
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# Command: init
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The `terraform init` command is used to initialize a Terraform configuration
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using another
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[module](/docs/modules/index.html)
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as a skeleton.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform init [options] SOURCE [DIR]`
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Init will download the module from SOURCE and copy it into the DIR
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(which defaults to the current working directory). Version control
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information from the module (such as Git history) will not be copied.
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The directory being initialized must be empty of all Terraform configurations.
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If the module has other files which conflict with what is already in the
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directory, they _will be overwritten_.
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