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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Terraform Associate (004) · Domain 8: HCP Terraform

Connecting the CLI: `terraform login` and the `cloud` block (organization, workspaces by name or tags)

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

To use HCP Terraform from your terminal, two things must be in place: the CLI must be able to authenticate to HCP Terraform, and the configuration must say which organization and workspaces it belongs to. terraform login handles the first; the cloud block handles the second.

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