Reliable and Consistent Terraform State: AWS S3 & DynamoDB Backend Patterns

Reliable and Consistent Terraform State: AWS S3 & DynamoDB Backend Patterns

 

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Managing Terraform state files is critical to ensuring consistency and reliability in infrastructure provisioning. By default, Terraform stores state locally, but that approach is insufficient in a collaborative environment. Using Amazon S3 to store state files and Amazon DynamoDB to lock state ensures robust, scalable, and concurrent infrastructure management.