Terraform backends

• backend.tf (ref)

Backends

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/backend/remote

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

Deprecated

• artifactory
• etcd
• Manta
• swift

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
• Terraform Associate: Handle backend authentication methods
• local backend
• Workspaces and locking
• Terraform has been successfully initialized!
• terraform init -backend-config
• .terraform
• Remote state backends to manage Terraform state
• Terraform: cloud
• glab opentofu state list

Errors

• Error: Backend configuration changed

See also

• Terraform backends: S3, dynamodb_table, GCS, remote (Terraform Cloud), backend.tf, http
• HCP, HCP Vault, app.terraform.io, HCP Terraform Agents, Terraform backend: remote

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