Exam 300-910 topic 1 question 4 discussion

Actual exam question from Cisco's 300-910

Question #: 4
Topic #: 1

A CI/CD pipeline that builds infrastructure components using Terraform must be designed. A step in the pipeline is needed that checks for errors in any of the .tf files in the working directory. It also checks the existing state of the defined infrastructure.
Which command does the pipeline run to accomplish this goal?

A. terraform plan
B. terraform check
C. terraform fmt
D. terraform validate

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by JM_Lee at Dec. 9, 2020, 3:02 a.m.

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Koen1978

Highly Voted 2 years, 12 months ago

A is correct. D is not (Validate runs checks that verify whether a configuration is syntactically valid and internally consistent, regardless of any provided variables or existing state)

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dead_beef

2 years, 7 months ago

I agree with A. https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/commands/validate.html "use the terraform plan command instead, which includes an implied validation check."

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