Paths/DevOps Engineer/Terraform / State, Backends & Guardrails
Guard a Bucket with a Lifecycle Rule
Some infrastructure must never be destroyed by a stray command. Declare a bucket with a prevent_destroy lifecycle rule and apply it.
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01Requirements
live checks- Directory ~/infra exists○
- File ~/infra/main.tf declares a bucket with prevent_destroy○
- terraform has been initialised in ~/infra○
- The bucket is in the state after apply○
02Walkthrough
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Create the infrastructure directory
Every Terraform stack gets its own folder - the state file belongs to it.
mkdir ~/infra - 8 locked · each failed submit reveals one
03Stuck?
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04AI Tutor
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04Notebook
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