Before you get started

Terraform makes it fairly easy to delete resources using the destroy command. This is very useful in testing and pre-prod environments, but can also be dangerous in production environments, because if you delete resources, there is no undo. Therefore, be extra sure and careful with where you run destroy so you don't accidentally end up deleting something you'll very much regret (e.g., a production database). Also, as explained in the rest of this guide, we put a few features in place that make deletion harder (read: a bit more annoying to do) to prevent you from accidentally shooting yourself in the foot.