Terraform backends

https://www.terraform.io/language/settings/backends

• backend.tf

https://www.terraform.io/language/settings/backends/configuration#available-backends

• Terraform S3 backend: bucket
• Terraform S3 backend: dynamodb_table: key
• gcs
• local
• remote
• consul
• COS: Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS)
• Kubernetes
• pg (PostgreSQL)
• azurerm

• Remote state backends to manage Terraform state

Deprecated

• artifactory
• etcd
• Manta
• swift

https://www.terraform.io/language/settings/backends/s3

Related terms

• terraform workspace
• Terraform providers: provider.tf
• terraform state [pull | push]
• AWS_PROFILE
• Terraform S3 backend: profile https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/backends/s3.html#profile
• aws s3api create-bucket and aws s3 mb

• Terraform Associate: Handle backend authentication methods
• local backend
• Workspaces and locking
• Terraform has been successfully initialized!
• terraform init -backend-config

Errors

• Error: Backend configuration changed

See also

• Terraform backends: S3, Terraform S3 backend: dynamodb table, GCS, remote