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Check Terraform Plan Command

Overview

The check tfplan command validates and analyzes Terraform plan files for compliance, security, and best practices.

Usage

# Basic plan validation
thothctl check iac -type tfplan

# Recursive plan checking
thothctl check iac --recursive -type tfplan

# Generate markdown report
thothctl check iac -type tfplan --outmd plan-report.md

Features

  • Plan Validation: Analyze tfplan.json files
  • Security Scanning: Identify security issues
  • Compliance Checking: Ensure policy compliance
  • Resource Analysis: Detailed resource breakdown
  • Report Generation: Markdown and HTML reports

Prerequisites

Generate Terraform plan files: 

terraform plan -out=tfplan
terraform show -json tfplan > tfplan.json

Output

The command provides: - Resource change summary - Security findings - Compliance violations - Recommendations for improvements

Examples

Basic Plan Check

thothctl check iac -type tfplan

Generate Report

thothctl check iac -type tfplan --outmd security-report.md