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Troubleshooting a Terraform Locked State File Issue
This lab will demonstrate how to troubleshoot a Terraform locked state file issue. We will attempt to go through the different stages of deployment to try and deploy our configuration and work through the locked state file issue until we have successfully deployed our resources.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Deploy Your Backend Resources
- In the terminal, once logged into your instance, change to the
s3
directory. - In the
s3
directory, edit theS3.tf
file and either append a number or rename the bucket name in the file. - Run the
terraform fmt
command. - Now initialize your working directory.
- If initialization is successful, then apply your code and deploy your resources.
- In the terminal, once logged into your instance, change to the
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Challenge
Create the Lock
- Now change to the
terraform
directory. - In the
terraform
directory, edit themain.tf
file and add in yourami
,subnet_id
, andvpc
from theresource_ids.txt
file. - Run the
terraform fmt
command. - Edit the
backend.tf
file and change the bucket name to the bucket name you used in theS3.tf
file. - Now initialize your working directory.
- If initialization is successful, then move step by step until you get to the
apply
stage. - Run the
terraform apply
command but DO NOT typeyes
to confirm. Leave it at this step.
- Now change to the
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Challenge
Troubleshoot the Error and Deploy Your Resources
- In a new terminal session, log in to your lab instance.
- Go to the
terraform
directory. - Run the
terraform apply
command. - Fix the lock file error and deploy your resources to complete this lab.
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