before apply

check this beofre apply

Perfect 👍 you’re almost there! Before you jump into terraform apply, here’s the enterprise-style checklist to avoid surprises 🚀:

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✅ Pre-Apply Checklist

1. Initialize Terraform

terraform init

• Downloads AWS provider.

• Sets up .terraform directory.

• Important: Run this whenever you add new providers or modules.

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1. Validate Configuration

terraform validate

• Ensures syntax is correct.

• Catches typos, missing arguments, bad HCL.

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1. Format for Consistency

terraform fmt -recursive

• Formats all .tf files.

• Keeps repo clean (important for teams).

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1. Plan with Environment

terraform plan -var-file=environments/dev.tfvars

• Shows what resources will be created/changed/destroyed.

• Double-check bucket name, tags, lifecycle rules.

• Enterprise rule: Never apply without plan first.

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1. Check IAM Permissions Since you said you have Admin IAM, you’re fine ✅. If not, make sure user/role has:

• s3:CreateBucket

• s3:PutBucket*

• s3:GetBucket*

• s3:DeleteBucket

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1. Check Region In provider.tf:

provider "aws" {
  region = "ap-south-1" # or your target region
}

Make sure region matches what you want — buckets are global names, but the region matters.

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1. Check Bucket Name Uniqueness

• S3 bucket names are globally unique.

• If my-enterprise-bucket exists in any AWS account worldwide, Terraform will fail.

• Safer pattern:

  bucket = "${var.bucket_name}-${var.environment}"

  Example: mybucket-dev, mybucket-stage, mybucket-prod.

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🚀 Now You Can Apply

terraform apply -var-file=environments/dev.tfvars

• Review the plan.

• Type yes to confirm.

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👉 Do you want me to review your dev.tfvars content before you apply, so I can confirm bucket name, env, and variables are set correctly? That way, you don’t risk a failed run.