Terraform Dock

The Dock is the bottom navigation bar in the Workspace Editor. It provides one-click access to all Terraform operations and workspace tools.

• Positioned at the bottom of the workspace editor
• Can be collapsed to a single button or expanded to show all actions
• Animated expand/collapse with smooth motion
• Configurable position: Left, Center, or Right alignment
• Configurable orientation: Horizontal or Vertical
• Position and orientation preferences are saved in settings

• Shows a single icon button
• Click to expand the dock

The dock shows all available operations:

1. 1

   Init (terraform.init permission required)

   • Initializes the Terraform working directory
   • Downloads required providers and modules
   • Must be run first before any other operation
   • Runs in the VS Container terminal
2. 2

   Validate (terraform.validate permission required)

   • Checks your Terraform configuration for syntax and logical errors
   • Does not connect to the cloud provider
   • Quick check before running plan
3. 3

   Plan (terraform.plan permission required)

   • Shows a preview of what Terraform will create, modify, or destroy
   • Opens an environment selector (Dev, Staging, Prod) to choose the target environment
   • Runs terraform plan and displays output in the terminal
   • Review the plan carefully before applying
4. 4

   Apply (terraform.apply permission required)

   • Deploys the planned infrastructure changes to the cloud
   • Opens an environment selector to confirm the target environment
   • Prompts for confirmation before executing
   • Streams output to the terminal in real-time
   • This action creates/modifies/destroys real cloud resources
5. 5

   Destroy (terraform.destroy permission required)

   • Destroys all infrastructure managed by this workspace's Terraform state
   • Use with extreme caution — this permanently deletes cloud resources
   • Opens a confirmation dialog with a strong warning
   • Streams output to the terminal

1. 1

   Drift Check

   • Checks if actual cloud resources have drifted from your Terraform state
   • Triggers an immediate drift detection scan
   • Results shown in the Drift Detection page
2. 2

   Preview Architecture (terraform.preview permission required)

   • Runs terraform graph and renders the dependency graph
   • Opens in the Graph tab of the right panel
   • Visualizes all resources and their dependencies
3. 3

   Infrastructure Analysis

   • Opens the Infrastructure Analysis panel
   • Shows cost estimates, security compliance, and optimization suggestions
4. 4

   Compliance Modal

   • Opens a compliance check dialog
   • Validates infrastructure against compliance policies
5. 5

   Settings

   • Opens workspace settings
   • Configure dock position, orientation, and other workspace preferences

• Dev: Development environment
• Staging: Staging/QA environment
• Prod: Production environment
• Selecting an environment may load environment-specific variable files

• Change position: Go to Settings > Dock Settings
• Options: Left, Center, Right
• Change orientation: Horizontal (side by side) or Vertical (stacked)
• Settings are remembered across sessions