init.md

title	`glab opentofu init`
stage	AI Coding
group	Code Review
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Initialize OpenTofu or Terraform.

Synopsis

Configures the GitLab HTTP backend for OpenTofu or Terraform state and runs tofu init. You must run this command from a GitLab project repository.

glab opentofu init <state> [flags]

Examples

# 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

Options

  -b, --binary string      Name or path of the OpenTofu or Terraform binary to use for the initialization. (default "tofu")
  -d, --directory string   Directory of the OpenTofu or Terraform project to initialize. (default ".")

Options inherited from parent commands

  -h, --help          Show help for this command.
  -R, --repo string   Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.