glab(1)

💅 glab(1) — glab-opentofu-init 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

glab-opentofu-init — Initialize OpenTofu or Terraform.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

glab opentofu init  [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so bestie, this command configures the GitLab HTTP backend for OpenTofu or Terraform state and then runs tofu init. You must run this from a GitLab project repository — no cap, it's a whole requirement.

If glab is installed as a snap, it cannot run OpenTofu or Terraform binaries installed on the host or by other snaps. So put the binary in your home directory and pass its path with --binary. That's the move. 💅

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -b, --binary="tofu" — Name or path of the OpenTofu or Terraform binary to use for the initialization. Default is "tofu", periodt.
• -d, --directory="." — Directory of the OpenTofu or Terraform project to initialize. Default is ".", iykyk.

💅 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 💅

• -h, --help[=false] — Show help for this command. Very demure, very helpful.
• -R, --repo="" — Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted. Iconic flexibility fr.

🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

# Initialize state with name production in working directory
glab opentofu init production

# Initialize state with name production in infra/ directory
glab opentofu init production -d infra/

# Initialize state with name production with Terraform
glab opentofu init production -b terraform

# Initialize state with name production with reconfiguring state
glab opentofu init production -- -reconfigure

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

glab-opentofu(1) — go check that one too, bestie 🫶

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