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page_title: "Command: apply"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-apply"
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The `terraform apply` command is used to apply the changes required to reach the desired state of the configuration, or the pre-determined set of actions generated by a `terraform plan` execution plan.
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# Command: apply
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The `terraform apply` command is used to apply the changes required
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to reach the desired state of the configuration, or the pre-determined
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set of actions generated by a `terraform plan` execution plan.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform apply [options] [dir-or-plan]`
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By default, `apply` scans the current directory for the configuration
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and applies the changes appropriately. However, a path to another configuration
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or an execution plan can be provided. Explicit execution plans files can be
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used to split plan and apply into separate steps within
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[automation systems](/guides/running-terraform-in-automation.html).
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The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:
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* `-backup=path` - Path to the backup file. Defaults to `-state-out` with
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the ".backup" extension. Disabled by setting to "-".
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* `-lock=true` - Lock the state file when locking is supported.
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* `-lock-timeout=0s` - Duration to retry a state lock.
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* `-input=true` - Ask for input for variables if not directly set.
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* `-auto-approve` - Skip interactive approval of plan before applying.
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* `-no-color` - Disables output with coloring.
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* `-parallelism=n` - Limit the number of concurrent operation as Terraform
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[walks the graph](/docs/internals/graph.html#walking-the-graph).
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* `-refresh=true` - Update the state for each resource prior to planning
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and applying. This has no effect if a plan file is given directly to
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apply.
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* `-state=path` - Path to the state file. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate".
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Ignored when [remote state](/docs/state/remote.html) is used.
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* `-state-out=path` - Path to write updated state file. By default, the
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`-state` path will be used. Ignored when
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[remote state](/docs/state/remote.html) is used.
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* `-target=resource` - A [Resource
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Address](/docs/internals/resource-addressing.html) to target. For more
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information, see
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[the targeting docs from `terraform plan`](/docs/commands/plan.html#resource-targeting).
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* `-var 'foo=bar'` - Set a variable in the Terraform configuration. This flag
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can be set multiple times. Variable values are interpreted as
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[HCL](/docs/configuration/syntax.html#HCL), so list and map values can be
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specified via this flag.
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* `-var-file=foo` - Set variables in the Terraform configuration from
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a [variable file](/docs/configuration/variables.html#variable-files). If
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a `terraform.tfvars` or any `.auto.tfvars` files are present in the current
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directory, they will be automatically loaded. `terraform.tfvars` is loaded
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first and the `.auto.tfvars` files after in alphabetical order. Any files
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specified by `-var-file` override any values set automatically from files in
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the working directory. This flag can be used multiple times.
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