If a local module is specified with source = "./module", what kind of module is this?

If a local module is specified with source = "./module", what kind of module is this?

• A. A remote module from the Terraform Registry
• B. A local module on disk
• C. A module hosted on GitHub
• D. An inline module

Answer: (B)

A local module on disk. The source attribute tells Terraform where to fetch the module from, and a relative path like ./module points to a directory on your local filesystem that contains a separate Terraform module (its own set of resources, variables, and outputs). Terraform treats that directory as a distinct module that you can reference from the root module. This differs from remote modules, which come from a registry or a Git repository, specified with URLs or registry addresses, and from an inline module, which isn’t a supported module source in Terraform.

A local module on disk. The source attribute tells Terraform where to fetch the module from, and a relative path like ./module points to a directory on your local filesystem that contains a separate Terraform module (its own set of resources, variables, and outputs). Terraform treats that directory as a distinct module that you can reference from the root module.

This differs from remote modules, which come from a registry or a Git repository, specified with URLs or registry addresses, and from an inline module, which isn’t a supported module source in Terraform.