The error messageindicates an authentication issue (403 - Access Denied), which requiresdebugging Terraform logs.
Setting TF_LOG=DEBUG enablesdetailed logs, providing insights into API requests, state loading, and authentication errors.
Terraformdoes not log errors in /var/log/terraform.log or syslog, making optionsC and D incorrect.
A (terraform login)is only relevant forTerraform Cloud, but this error appears to be related toprovider authentication.
Official Terraform Documentation Reference:
Debugging Terraform

The terraform import command is used to import existing infrastructure into Terraform's state. This allows Terraform to manage and destroy the imported infrastructure as part of the configuration. The terraform import command does not modify the configuration, so the imported resources must be manually added to the configuration after the import. References = [Importing Infrastructure]

Child modulesdo not automatically inheritvariables from the parent module.
To pass values from theparent moduleto thechild module, you mustexplicitly define input variablesin the child module and pass them in the parent module.
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source = "./child_module"
var1 = "value"
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Official Terraform Documentation Reference:
Passing Variables to Modules

B (terraform init)-Must be run firstto initialize the Terraform working directory, download providers, and configure the backend.
A (terraform apply)- Requires initialization first, so itcannotbe run before terraform init.
C (terraform plan)- Also requires terraform init first to generate a plan.
D (terraform show)- Displays the state,not relevantfor first-time deployment.
Official Terraform Documentation Reference:
terraform init - HashiCorp Documentation

The remote backend can work with either a single remote Terraform Cloud workspace, or with multiple similarly-named remote workspaces (like networking-dev and networking-prod). The workspaces block of the backend configuration determines which mode it uses. To use a single remote Terraform Cloud workspace, set workspaces.name to the remote workspace's full name (like networking-prod). To use multiple remote workspaces, set workspaces.prefix to a prefix used in all of the desired remote workspace names. For example, set prefix = "networking-" to use Terraform cloud workspaces with names like networking-dev and networking-prod. This is helpful when mapping multiple Terraform CLI workspaces used in a single Terraform configuration to multiple Terraform Cloud workspaces3. However, one remote backend configuration always maps to a single remote workspace, either by name or by prefix. You cannot use both name and prefix in the same backend configuration, or omit both. Doing so will result in a configuration error3. References = [Backend Type: remote]3