# atmos terraform generate varfiles

Use this command to generate the Terraform varfiles (`.tfvar`) for all Atmos terraform [components](/components) in
all [stacks](/learn/stacks).

## Usage

Executes `terraform generate varfiles` command.

```shell
atmos terraform generate varfiles [options]
```

This command generates varfiles for all Atmos terraform components in all stacks.

:::tip
Run `atmos terraform generate varfiles --help` to see all the available options
:::

## Examples

```shell
atmos terraform generate varfiles --file-template {component-path}/{environment}-{stage}.tfvars.json
atmos terraform generate varfiles --file-template /configs/{tenant}/{environment}/{stage}/{component}.json
atmos terraform generate varfiles --file-template /{tenant}/{stage}/{region}/{component}.yaml
atmos terraform generate varfiles --stacks orgs/cp/tenant1/staging/us-east-2,orgs/cp/tenant2/dev/us-east-2
atmos terraform generate varfiles --stacks tenant1-ue2-staging,tenant1-ue2-prod
atmos terraform generate varfiles --stacks orgs/cp/tenant1/staging/us-east-2,tenant1-ue2-prod
atmos terraform generate varfiles --components <component1>,<component2> --file-template <file_template>
atmos terraform generate varfiles --format hcl --file-template <file_template>
atmos terraform generate varfiles --format json --file-template <file_template>
atmos terraform generate varfiles --format yaml --file-template <file_template>
```

## Flags

- **`--file-template` (required)**

  Varfile template (path, file name, and file extension).
  Supports absolute and relative paths.
  Supports context tokens: `{namespace}`, `{tenant}`, `{environment}`, `{region}`, `{stage}`, `{base-component}`, `{component}`, `{component-path}`.
  All subdirectories in the path will be created automatically.
- **`--stacks` (optional)**

  Only process the specified stacks (comma-separated values).
  The names of top-level stack manifests and Atmos stack names are supported.
- **`--components` (optional)**

  Only generate backend files for the specified Atmos components (comma-separated values).
- **`--format` (optional)**

  Backend file format: `json`, `hcl`, `backend-config` (`json` is default) .
- **`--dry-run` (optional)**

  Dry run.