Remote state backends to manage Terraform state

# stage/frontend-app/main.tf
terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket         = "my-terraform-state"
    key            = "stage/frontend-app/terraform.tfstate"
    region         = "us-east-1"
    encrypt        = true
    dynamodb_table = "my-lock-table"
  }
}

terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket = "my-terraform-states"
    key    = "terraform.tfstate"
    region = "us-west-2"
    dynamodb_table = "my-terraform-states-table"
    profile = "your_profile"
    workspace_key_prefix = "your-prefix"
  }

GitLab 13.0 (2020) can be used as an HTTP backend for Terraform.

terraform {
  backend "http" {}
}

See also

• Terraform configuration files, Terraform state files: .tf, .tfvars, main.tf, outputs.tf, variables.tf, .terraform.d/, terraform init, providers.tf, .terraform/, terraform.tfstate, .terraform.lock.hcl, terraform.tfstate.d, override.tf, versions.tf
• Terraform, OpenTofu, Terrakube.org, Installation, Terraform AWS, Terraform GCP, Terraform commands, Terraform Cloud, Terraform Enterprise (TFE), HCL, HIL, meta-arguments, providers, modules, resource, provisioners, data sources, backends: remote backends, examples, configuration files, state files, variables, types, Terraform Registry, conditionals: depends_on, functions, Blocks, dynamic blocks, errors, Terragrunt, Terraformer, Terratest, Terraform certifications, Terraform map type, Terraform Associate, Terraform: list type, TF_VAR_, TF_LOG, Terraform provider versioning, Terraform Style Conventions, Required version, Terraform plugin, Terraform Named Values, tags, Changelog, tfsec, tflint, Operators, Expressions: for, splat, Debugging, Namespaces, Terraform Landing Zones, CDKTF, Atmos