What does Terraform refresh really do

Question

Hi Team,

I am new to Terraform. I want to know about terraform refresh command. Can anyone tell me about this?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

The terraform refresh command is used to reconcile the state Terraform knows about (via its state file) with the real-world infrastructure. This can be used to detect any drift from the last-known state, and to update the state file. This does not modify infrastructure but does modify the state file.