Can terraform plan show me a json diff for a changed resource?

Question

When I run terraform plan it shows a changed resource, which happens to be JSON data in an aws_s3_bucket_object. But the JSON is long and it's difficult to see what changed. How can I display this as a diff?

Answer 1

https://github.com/coinbase/terraform-landscape can help with this.

1. gem install terraform_landscape (may need sudo on macOS)
2. terraform plan | landscape

This shows JSON changes as a diff. Here's an example from the github site: