Terraform

Why is it often recommended to use provisioners as last resort?

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

Since a provisioner can run a variety of actions, it's not always feasible to plan and understand what will happen when running a certain provisioner. For this reason, it's usually recommended to use Terraform built-in option, whenever's possible.