What is a recommended safety practice before running `terraform destroy` in a production environment?

Review the destroy plan output to confirm the resources that will be deleted

Run `terraform destroy -auto-approve` to ensure the process completes quickly

Delete the state file before running the destroy

Run `terraform refresh` immediately before the destroy to update the state

A user wants to destroy only a single resource, `aws_instance.web`, without affecting other resources in the configuration. Which command accomplishes this?

terraform destroy -target=aws_instance.web

terraform destroy -only=aws_instance.web

terraform apply -destroy -target=aws_instance.web

terraform destroy aws_instance.web

A Terraform configuration defines a virtual network, a subnet, and a network interface that depends on the subnet. The team runs terraform destroy. In what order will Terraform attempt to destroy these resources?

Network interface first, then subnet, then virtual network

All resources destroyed in parallel

Virtual network first, then subnet, then network interface

Subnet first, then network interface, then virtual network

After `terraform destroy` successfully completes, what happens to the Terraform state file?

It remains unchanged because destroy does not affect state

It is deleted from the filesystem

It is updated to remove the destroyed resources from the state

It is moved to a backup directory automatically

If a resource is defined in the state file but no longer exists in the configuration, what does `terraform destroy` do with that resource?

It skips the resource and logs a warning

It destroys the resource because it is tracked in the state

It asks the user whether to destroy the resource

It leaves the resource untouched because it is not in the configuration

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6foundation · easy
What is a recommended safety practice before running `terraform destroy` in a production environment?
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7foundation · easy
A user wants to destroy only a single resource, `aws_instance.web`, without affecting other resources in the configuration. Which command accomplishes this?
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8application · medium
A Terraform configuration defines a virtual network, a subnet, and a network interface that depends on the subnet. The team runs terraform destroy. In what order will Terraform attempt to destroy these resources?
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9foundation · easy
After `terraform destroy` successfully completes, what happens to the Terraform state file?
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10foundation · easy
If a resource is defined in the state file but no longer exists in the configuration, what does `terraform destroy` do with that resource?
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