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title: "Apply and verify | Grafana Labs"
description: "Run terraform apply to deploy the dashboard and confirm it appears in Grafana."
---

> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Apply and verify

With the plan confirmed, you can now apply it to deploy your dashboard to Grafana.

To deploy and verify your dashboard, complete the following steps:

1. Run `terraform apply`:
   
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   ```bash
   terraform apply
   ```
2. Terraform displays the plan again and asks for confirmation. Type `yes` and press Enter:
   
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   ```none
   Do you want to perform these actions?
     Terraform will perform the actions described above.
     Only 'yes' will be accepted to approve.
   
     Enter a value: yes
   ```
3. Wait for Terraform to complete. You should see:
   
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   ```none
   Apply complete! Resources: 2 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
   ```
4. Open your Grafana instance in a browser and navigate to **Dashboards** in the left-side menu.
5. Look for the **Dashboards as Code** folder. Click into it.
6. Confirm your dashboard appears with the title **My SDK Dashboard** (or whatever title you set in the JSON).
7. Open the dashboard and verify the panels render correctly.

## Updating a deployed dashboard

When you modify your dashboard JSON and run `terraform apply` again, Terraform detects the change and updates the existing dashboard in place. No duplicates, no manual intervention.

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```bash
# After modifying dashboard.json:
terraform plan    # Preview the update
terraform apply   # Apply the update
```

## What Terraform state tracks

Terraform stores the deployed resource IDs in its state file (`terraform.tfstate`). This is how it knows whether to create or update a dashboard on subsequent runs. Keep the state file safe. If you lose it, Terraform won’t know about existing resources.

Your dashboard is now deployed and managed by Terraform.

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