Terraform

Workspace Commands

Manage multiple environments with workspaces. Learn to create and switch between workspaces for dev, staging, and production.

6 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'terraform.workspace' variable in configs to adjust resources per environment.

Consider using separate state files/directories for drastically different environments.

Verify current workspace before apply - accidentally deploying to wrong environment is common.

$ terraform workspace list

Show all workspaces.

$ terraform workspace show

Display current workspace name.

$ terraform workspace new dev

Create and switch to new workspace.

$ terraform workspace select prod

Switch to existing workspace.

$ terraform workspace delete dev

Delete an empty workspace.

$ terraform.workspace

Reference workspace name in configuration.