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Terraform Remote Backend Setup on AWS (S3)

This Terraform project provisions the necessary AWS infrastructure to enable remote state management using Amazon S3.

Remote backends allow teams to securely share and lock Terraform state files, a critical requirement for collaboration and consistency in DevOps workflows.

Step-01: What This Project Does

  • Creates an S3 Bucket to store Terraform state files.
  • Supports parameterization using input variables for environment-specific deployments.

Step-02: File Structure

File Purpose
c1-versions.tf Specifies required Terraform version and AWS provider
c2-variables.tf Declares input variables like bucket_name, dynamodb_table, etc.
c3-s3bucket.tf Creates the S3 bucket for remote backend
c4-outputs.tf Exposes outputs such as the bucket name and table name

Step-03: Example Usage

# Initialize the project
terraform init

# Preview the resources to be created
terraform plan

# Apply the configuration
terraform apply
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## Sample Backend Configuration (for other Terraform projects)

Once this backend is created, use the following block in your main projects to store state remotely:

```hcl
terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket         = "your-tfstate-bucket-name"
    key            = "env-name/terraform.tfstate"
    region         = "us-east-1"
    dynamodb_table = "your-lock-table-name"
    encrypt        = true
  }
}

Replace your-tfstate-bucket-name and your-lock-table-name with actual output values from this project.

Why Use Remote Backend?

  • Team Collaboration: Prevent state conflicts when multiple people run Terraform.
  • State Locking: Avoids race conditions using DynamoDB.
  • Durability: S3 ensures highly available and persistent state storage.

Next Step

After setting up the backend infrastructure, you can safely use it in your main Terraform configurations for provisioning VPCs, EKS clusters, etc.

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