terraform-remote-state

Current release: v5.2.0

A Terraform module that configures an s3 bucket for use with Terraform's remote state feature.

Useful for creating a common bucket naming convention and attaching a bucket policy using the specified role.

The way S3 buckets are described in Terraform changed significantly with version 4.0.0 of the AWS provider, which corresponds to the v5.0.0 tag of this module. Be sure to use a previous version of the module (the immediately-prior one is v4.0.2) if you are using an older version of the AWS provider. In general it's a good idea always to reference the module with an explicit ?ref=_tag_ in the URL and commit the .terraform.lock.hcl file created by terraform init alongside your source code.

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
application	the application that will be using this remote state	string	-	yes
block_public_access	ensure bucket access is "Bucket and objects not public"	bool	true	no
multipart_days		string	3	no
multipart_delete	incomplete multipart upload deletion	string	true	no
role	the primary role that will be used to access the tf remote state	string	-	yes
additional_roles	additional roles that will be granted access to the remote state	list of strings	[]	no
dynamodb_state_locking	if enabled, creates a dynamodb table to be used to store state lock status	bool	false	no
tags	tags to apply the created S3 bucket	map	-	yes

Outputs

Name	Description
bucket	the created bucket
dynamodb_lock_table	name of dynamodb lock table, if created

usage example

setup the remote state bucket

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = ">= 4.0.0"
    }
  }
}

module "tf_remote_state" {
  source = "github.com/turnerlabs/terraform-remote-state?ref=v5.2.0"

  role          = "aws-ent-prod-devops"
  application   = "my-test-app"

  tags = {
    team            = "my-team"
    "contact-email" = "[email protected]"
    application     = "my-app"
    environment     = "dev"
    customer        = "my-customer"
  }
}

output "bucket" {
  value = module.tf_remote_state.bucket
}

$ terraform init
$ terraform apply

Apply complete! Resources: 3 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Outputs:
bucket = tf-state-my-test-app

Now configure your script to use the remote state bucket. Note that you need to be logged in to the specified role in order to apply your scripts.

terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    region  = "us-east-1"
    bucket  = "tf-state-my-test-app"
    key     = "dev.terraform.tfstate"
  }
}

dynamodb state locking

Terraform S3 backend allows you to define a dynamodb table that can be used to store state locking status. To create and use a table set dynamodb_state_locking to true.

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = ">= 4.0.0"
    }
  }
}

module "tf_remote_state" {
  source = "github.com/turnerlabs/terraform-remote-state?ref=v5.1.0"

  role                   = "aws-ent-prod-devops"
  application            = "my-test-app"
  dynamodb_state_locking = "true"

  tags = {
    team            = "my-team"
    "contact-email" = "[email protected]"
    application     = "my-app"
    environment     = "dev"
    customer        = "my-customer"
  }
}

output "bucket" {
  value = module.tf_remote_state.bucket
}

output "bucket" {
  value = module.tf_remote_state.dynamodb_lock_table
}

$ terraform init
$ terraform apply

Apply complete! Resources: 7 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Outputs:

bucket = "tf-state-my-test-app"
dynamodb_lock_table = "tf-state-lock-my-test-app"

Now configure your script to use the remote state bucket and lock table. Note that you need to be logged in to the specified role in order to apply your scripts.

terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    region         = "us-east-1"
    bucket         = "tf-state-my-test-app"
    key            = "dev.terraform.tfstate"
    dynamodb_table = "tf-state-lock-my-test-app"
  }
}