TA-003 Question 17

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• Chose A1

  The remote-exec provisioner connects to the resource created by Terraform (like a virtual machine) and executes scripts or commands directly on it. It's often used for tasks like installing software, running configuration management agents, or bootstrapping an application on the new resource.

• Chose A2

  The remote-exec provisioner is the one that invokes a process on the resource created by Terraform, running commands or scripts on the remote machine after it has been provisioned.

• Chose A3

  The remote-exec provisioner invokes a script on a remote resource created by Terraform. It connects to the resource using SSH or WinRM and runs the provided inline or script commands. Here's an example of how you might use it: resource "aws_instance" "example" { ami = "ami-0c94855ba95c574c8" instance_type = "t2.micro" provisioner "remote-exec" { inline = [ "echo Hello, World! > /home/ubuntu/hello", "chmod +x /home/ubuntu/hello", ] } } There's no null-exec provisioner in Terraform. The local-exec provisioner invokes a local executable after a resource is created. It runs on the machine where Terraform is being executed. The file provisioner is used to copy files or directories from the machine executing Terraform to the newly created resource.