execution mode

The HCP Terraform workspace setting that decides where plans and applies run: remote, local or agent.

In more detail

Remote runs on HCP Terraform's workers with the workspace's variables and credentials, and is the default. Local runs on your own machine while HCP Terraform only stores state. Agent runs on agents you install in your own network, for infrastructure the internet cannot reach.

Example

execution-mode: remote

Related terms

• HCP Terraform workspace — The HCP Terraform container for one collection of infrastructure: its configuration source, variables, state, run history and team access.
• HCP Terraform — HashiCorp's hosted service for running Terraform, which keeps state, runs plans and applies on its own machines, and controls who may change what.

Taught in

• Runs In HCP Terraform: The cloud Block And Remote Execution — HashiCorp Terraform Associate (004) Exam Prep
• HCP Workspaces, Projects And Variable Sets: Which Value Wins? — HashiCorp Terraform Associate (004) Exam Prep
• Collaboration And Governance: Teams, Policies, Registry And Health — HashiCorp Terraform Associate (004) Exam Prep

References

• HCP Terraform: Remote operations

Certification courses

• Terraform Associate course and practice exam: HashiCorp Terraform Associate (004)