202 β€” Remote Backends

Intermediate

Move your state from local storage to a remote backend for team collaboration and state safety.

Learning Objectives

1
Understand why remote state matters
2
Configure a local backend for practice
3
Learn about state locking
4
Migrate state between backends
Step 1

Set up the lesson directory

Create a new configuration to practice backend configuration.

Commands to Run

mkdir -p ~/terraform-practice/lesson-202
cd ~/terraform-practice/lesson-202
cat > main.tf << 'EOF'
terraform {
  required_providers {
    local = {
      source  = "hashicorp/local"
      version = "~> 2.4"
    }
  }
}

resource "local_file" "example" {
  filename = "${path.module}/example.txt"
  content  = "Managed by Terraform with remote state concepts"
}
EOF

What This Does

We start with a simple configuration. We'll explore backend concepts before configuring one.

Expected Outcome

A basic main.tf file ready for backend configuration.

Pro Tips

  • 1
    Backends are configured in the terraform block
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