Apply a subset of changes with terraform apply

[chri...@agentlemanandascholar.me]

Hi everyone!

Is there a way to run only a subset of infrastructure changes listed in terraform plan? I know I can apply one singular change using the -target flag but is there a way to specify more than one change or ask terraform to apply all changes except one?

[⁞ Fernando Miguel]

keep adding -targets 

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Fernando Miguel

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On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 2:55 PM, <chri...@agentlemanandascholar.me> wrote:

Hi everyone!

Is there a way to run only a subset of infrastructure changes listed in terraform plan? I know I can apply one singular change using the -target flag but is there a way to specify more than one change or ask terraform to apply all changes except one?

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[Christian M. Ghigliotty]

Thank you Fernando.

Is this example syntax for specifying multiple targets accurate —

terraform apply -target=google_project_iam_role.viewer-role -target=google_project_iam_role.editor-role

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:58 AM, ⁞ Fernando Miguel <tl...@fernandomiguel.net> wrote:

keep adding -targets 

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Fernando Miguel

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[⁞ Fernando Miguel]

yep

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On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 9:55:43 AM UTC-4, chri...@agentlemanandascholar.me wrote:

Hi everyone!

Is there a way to run only a subset of infrastructure changes listed in terraform plan? I know I can apply one singular change using the -target flag but is there a way to specify more than one change or ask terraform to apply all changes except one?

If you find yourself wanting to do this a lot, it might be a place to consider separating those resources into different Terraform env/projects. For example, it's not crazy to split up your core VPC/network from RDS and from the ASG you run a bunch of web apps on. It depends on the nuances of the team, constraints, desired workflow, etc.