OpenTofu

Initialization Commands

Initialize OpenTofu configurations, download providers and modules, and configure backends.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Use -upgrade to update providers and modules

Commands

Initialize

$ tofu init

Initialize OpenTofu configuration.

Upgrade providers

$ tofu init -upgrade

Upgrade providers and modules.

Reconfigure backend

$ tofu init -reconfigure

Reconfigure backend settings.

Migrate state

$ tofu init -migrate-state

Migrate state to new backend.

Backend config file

$ tofu init -backend-config=backend.hcl

Initialize with external backend config file.

Backend config variable

$ tofu init -backend-config='bucket=my-state-bucket'

Pass individual backend config key-value pair.

Plugin cache directory

$ TF_PLUGIN_CACHE_DIR=~/.tofu.d/plugin-cache tofu init

Use local plugin cache to speed up init.

Lock provider versions

$ tofu providers lock -platform=linux_amd64 -platform=darwin_amd64

Generate lock file for multiple platforms.