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| page_title: Internals |
| description: >- |
| Learn the technical details of how Terraform generates and executes |
| infrastructure plans, works with plugins, obtains credentials, etc. |
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| # Terraform Internals |
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| This section covers the internals of Terraform and explains how |
| plans are generated, the lifecycle of a provider, etc. The goal |
| of this section is to remove any notion of "magic" from Terraform. |
| We want you to be able to trust and understand what Terraform is |
| doing to function. |
| |
| -> **Note:** Knowledge of Terraform internals is not |
| required to use Terraform. If you aren't interested in the internals |
| of Terraform, you may safely skip this section. |
