Github Actions Terraform Init initialized empty directory - terraform

Question

I am new to using Github actions and coding into YAML file.
Currently, I setup Terraform Cloud - Github actions for my Datadog POC.
I arrived on the issue:
terraform init
/home/runner/work/_temp/85297372-6fed-4b1d-88f8-3c6b5527569f/terraform-bin init
Terraform initialized in an empty directory!
The directory has no Terraform configuration files. You may begin working
with Terraform immediately by creating Terraform configuration files.
and the current github actions yaml file is:
I use the terraform github actions yaml file
name: 'Terraform'
on:
push:
branches:
- "main"
pull_request:
permissions:
contents: read
jobs:
terraform:
name: 'Terraform'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
environment: production
# Use the Bash shell regardless whether the GitHub Actions runner is ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, or windows-latest
defaults:
run:
shell: bash
steps:
# Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout#v3
# Install the latest version of Terraform CLI and configure the Terraform CLI configuration file with a Terraform Cloud user API token
- name: Setup Terraform
uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform#v1
with:
cli_config_credentials_token: ${{ secrets.TF_API_TOKEN }}
# Initialize a new or existing Terraform working directory by creating initial files, loading any remote state, downloading modules, etc.
- name: Terraform Init
run: terraform init
# Checks that all Terraform configuration files adhere to a canonical format
- name: Terraform Format
run: terraform fmt -check
# Generates an execution plan for Terraform
- name: Terraform Plan
run: terraform plan -input=false
# On push to "main", build or change infrastructure according to Terraform configuration files
# Note: It is recommended to set up a required "strict" status check in your repository for "Terraform Cloud". See the documentation on "strict" required status checks for more information: https://help.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/types-of-required-status-checks
- name: Terraform Apply
if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/"main"' && github.event_name == 'push'
run: terraform apply -auto-approve -input=false
What remedy should I do here?
I was trying to change the directory included in the terraform init to
run:
working-directory: ./DataDog-Demo/terraform
but I received also error.
Thank you

Answer 1

You will have to cd into the directory which has all the terraform files. Something like this
- name: Build Docker image
run: |
cd dir
Alternatively, you can also set working directory like this
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v1
- name: Setup and run tests
working-directory: ./app
run: |
cp .env .env
OR
jobs:
unit:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
defaults:
run:
working-directory: ./app
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v1
- name: Do stuff
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun