You have multiple team members collaborating on infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, and want to apply formatting standards for readability.
How can you format Terraform HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) code according to standard Terraform style convention?

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You have multiple team members collaborating on infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, and want to apply formatting standards for readability.

How can you format Terraform HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) code according to standard Terraform style convention?

Alfredo Gonzalez · Accepted Answer

Run the terraform fmt command during the code linting phase of your CI/CD process Most Voted

Alfredo Gonzalez · Answer

Designate one person in each team to review and format everyone's code

Alfredo Gonzalez · Answer

Manually apply two spaces indentation and align equal sign '=' characters in every Terraform file (*.tf)

Alfredo Gonzalez · Answer

Write a shell script to transform Terraform files using tools such as AWK, Python, and sed

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