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2. Enter `yes` when prompted to enter a value.
3. Hit `Enter` to confirm. The output shows you the resources being deleted.

## Going further

### Terraform/OpenTofu commands

You have now managed the complete lifecycle of an infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu. To discover more Terraform/OpenTofu commands, use the `terraform -h` command. Common Terraform/OpenTofu commands include for example:

- `apply`: Builds or changes infrastructure
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- `version`: Prints the Terraform/OpenTofu version
- `workspace`: Workspace management

### Modules and variables

To create configurations that are shareable and version-controlled, it is recommended that you organize your code with modules. Modules are used to encapsulate logic and design a layer of abstraction for Terraform/OpenTofu code.

Most modules manage a few closely related resources from a single provider and allow you to parameterize the configurations. You can define variables to simplify the management of your infrastructure and duplicate it in no time.
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- As a command-line parameter variable: `terraform apply -var zone=${var.zone}`
- As a variables file: `terraform apply -var-file=variables.tf`

To learn more, discover how to deploy your cloud resources using [Packer and Terraform/OpenTofu](/tutorials/deploy-instances-packer-terraform/) and check out the full [Scaleway Provider documentation for Terraform/OpenTofu](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/scaleway/scaleway/latest/docs).
### Deployment

- Discover how to deploy your cloud resources using [Packer and Terraform/OpenTofu](/tutorials/deploy-instances-packer-terraform/) and check out the full [Scaleway Provider documentation for Terraform/OpenTofu](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/scaleway/scaleway/latest/docs).

- Use [cloud-init](/instances/api-cli/using-cloud-init/#provisioning-your-instance-with-cloud-init) to automatically install and provision software on a Scaleway Instance.

- Use [Ansible](/tutorials/ansible-bionic-beaver/) to automate client machines configuration from a Scaleway Instance using a simple YAML syntax.