In Terraform, a provisioner must be placed inside which block?

In Terraform, a provisioner must be placed inside which block?

• A. Module block
• B. Resource block
• C. Data block
• D. Output block

Answer: (B)

Provisioners are actions that run on the machine created by Terraform, after the resource is created (and sometimes on destroy). They must be defined inside a resource block so Terraform knows which resource to provision and where to execute the steps. Data blocks fetch existing information and outputs simply expose values, neither of which support provisioning. Module blocks organize resources, but provisioning is attached to the actual resource definitions inside the module, not to the module block itself. So the correct placement is inside a resource block.

Provisioners are actions that run on the machine created by Terraform, after the resource is created (and sometimes on destroy). They must be defined inside a resource block so Terraform knows which resource to provision and where to execute the steps. Data blocks fetch existing information and outputs simply expose values, neither of which support provisioning. Module blocks organize resources, but provisioning is attached to the actual resource definitions inside the module, not to the module block itself. So the correct placement is inside a resource block.