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page_title: Resources Overview - Configuration Language
description: >-
Resources describe infrastructure objects in Terraform configurations. Find
documentation for resource syntax, behavior, and meta-arguments.
---
# Resources
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_Resources_ are the most important element in the Terraform language.
Each resource block describes one or more infrastructure objects, such
as virtual networks, compute instances, or higher-level components such
as DNS records.
- [Resource Blocks](/language/resources/syntax) documents
the syntax for declaring resources.
- [Resource Behavior](/language/resources/behavior) explains in
more detail how Terraform handles resource declarations when applying a
configuration.
- The Meta-Arguments section documents special arguments that can be used with
every resource type, including
[`depends_on`](/language/meta-arguments/depends_on),
[`count`](/language/meta-arguments/count),
[`for_each`](/language/meta-arguments/for_each),
[`provider`](/language/meta-arguments/resource-provider),
and [`lifecycle`](/language/meta-arguments/lifecycle).
- [Provisioners](/language/resources/provisioners/syntax)
documents configuring post-creation actions for a resource using the
`provisioner` and `connection` blocks. Since provisioners are non-declarative
and potentially unpredictable, we strongly recommend that you treat them as a
last resort.