README.md

S3 Terraform Backend

S3 bucket and DynamoDB lock table for Terraform State backend.

Setup

Edit the following items in backend.tf:

1. Set your credentials in the aws provider as described in the Terraform documentation (or, setup AWS CLI for your environment using aws configure to automatically work out of the box).
2. Replace all instances of example with the name of your terraform project.

To launch the backend, run: * terraform init * terraform plan * And, when ready: terraform apply

Usage

In order to use the new backend for your Terraform project, just add the following snippet to a *.tf file, replacing example where appropriate and setting the region:

terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    encrypt = true
    bucket = "example-remote-state-storage-s3"
    dynamodb_table = "example-state-lock-dynamo"
    region = "us-east-1"
    key = "example.tfstate"
  }
}