Terraform state files

https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/state/index.html

• terraform.tfstate file
• terraform.tfstate.d directory for Workspaces

Terraform workspaces allows to have multiple state files in the same working directory.

News

• May 2021 Controlled Remote State Access https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-controlled-remote-state-access-for-terraform-cloud-and-enterprise

Related terms

• JSON
• terraform output
• terraform state
• terraform force-unlock
• terraform apply -refresh-only
• Remote state backends to manage Terraform state
• key in Terraform S3 backend
• Terraform Associate: Understand secret management in state files
• .terraform.lock.hcl(Generated executing: terraform init)
• terraform workspace
• Terraform Cloud: Controlled remote state Access (May 2021) feature in Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise, users now have a new way to establish granular controls for state accessibility.

See also

• Terraform configuration files, Terraform state files: .tf, .tfvars, main.tf, outputs.tf, variables.tf, .terraform.d/, terraform init, providers.tf, .terraform/, terraform.tfstate, .terraform.lock.hcl, terraform.tfstate.d, override.tf, versions.tf

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-controlled-remote-state-access-for-terraform-cloud-and-enterprise