Local-Exec Provisioner in Terraform

Mastering the Local-Exec Provisioner in Terraform

In the world of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), the primary goal is declarative automation. We define the desired state of our infrastructure—servers, networks, databases—and let Terraform handle the heavy lifting of reaching that state. However, real-world DevOps workflows often require more than just provisioning resources. Sometimes, you need to bridge the gap between your newly created cloud resources and your local environment, your CI/CD pipeline, or a local configuration file.