====useful commands===== terraform init -> initialize the providers terraform plan -> preview of resources that is going to be created after terraform apply terraform apply -> create real infrastructure resources terraform destroy -> CAUTION destroy infrastrucutre resources terrafor fmt -> auto format terraform validator: used by security teams and developers to verify the adherate ensure policy and costraints are applied to ci cd pipeline it detects policy violations ad provides warning or halt to the processes a phase between plan and apply issue the command : gcloud beta terrraform vet