Paths/DevOps Engineer/Terraform / State, Backends & Guardrails
Configure a Remote Backend
Local state belongs to one laptop and disappears with it. Move it to an S3 bucket with locking so a whole team can share one source of truth.
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01Requirements
live checks- Directory ~/infra exists○
- File ~/infra/backend.tf exists○
- The backend block configures an S3 bucket, a key and a region○
02Walkthrough
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Create the infrastructure directory
One folder per Terraform stack - the backend file only applies to the stack it lives in.
mkdir ~/infra - 5 locked · each failed submit reveals one
03Stuck?
0 of 3 revealedTake a hint without losing the lab — each one points at the thing to look at, not at the answer.
04AI Tutor
guides, never solvesTell me what you're stuck on — I'll nudge, not solve. Which requirement are you looking at?
04Notebook
saved locally in this browserlearner@lab — ubuntu:24.04
Session is disposable
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