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Configure a Remote Backend in Terraform
Hey there, Gurus! Welcome to the lab! This lab will demonstrate how to set up Terraform to use remote state. We will first set up our S3 bucket where we want to store our state file. We will then set up a locking table in DynamoDB, then we will create our remote backend configuration and deploy our resources. We will then end the lab by checking to make sure our state file was written to our S3 bucket successfully. Let's get started!

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Table of Contents
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Challenge
Environment Setup
- Log in to your lab provided AWS Management Console.
- Create an S3 bucket called
twinkiestatebucket<RANDOM_NUMBER>
. - Create a DynamoDB table called
terraformstatelock
with a partition key namedLockID
. - In the terminal, once logged in to your instance, change to the
Remote_State
directory.
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Challenge
Add Backend Configuration
- In the
Remote_State
directory, edit thebackend.tf
file and add in your S3 bucket name, region, and DynamoDB table name. - In the
Remote_State
directory, edit themain.tf
file and add your Subnet ID. - Initialize your working directory.
- Deploy your resources.
- In the
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Challenge
Confirm Remote Backend Status
- Check your working directory for the state file.
- Check your S3 bucket for your state file.
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