terraform-aws-tfstate-backend

Terraform module to provision an S3 bucket to store terraform.tfstate file and a DynamoDB table to lock the state file to prevent concurrent modifications and state corruption.

The module supports the following:

Forced server-side encryption at rest for the S3 bucket
S3 bucket versioning to allow for Terraform state recovery in the case of accidental deletions and human errors
State locking and consistency checking via DynamoDB table to prevent concurrent operations
DynamoDB server-side encryption

https://www.terraform.io/docs/backends/types/s3.html

NOTE: The operators of the module (IAM Users) must have permissions to create S3 buckets and DynamoDB tables when performing terraform plan and terraform apply

NOTE: This module cannot be used to apply changes to the mfa_delete feature of the bucket. Changes regarding mfa_delete can only be made manually using the root credentials with MFA of the AWS Account where the bucket resides. Please see: hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws#62

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Usage

Define the module in your .tf file using local state:

terraform {
  required_version = ">= 0.11.3"
}

module "terraform_state_backend" {
  source        = "git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-tfstate-backend.git?ref=master"
  namespace     = "cp"
  stage         = "prod"
  name          = "terraform"
  attributes    = ["state"]
  region        = "us-east-1"
}

terraform init
terraform apply. This will create the state bucket and locking table.

Then add a backend that uses the new bucket and table:

terraform {
  required_version = ">= 0.11.3"

  backend "s3" {
    region         = "us-east-1"
    bucket         = "< the name of the S3 bucket >"
    key            = "terraform.tfstate"
    dynamodb_table = "< the name of the DynamoDB table >"
    encrypt        = true
  }
}

module "another_module" {
  source = "....."
}

terraform init. Terraform will detect that you're trying to move your state into S3 and ask, "Do you want to copy existing state to the new backend?" Enter "yes". Now state is stored in the bucket and the DynamoDB table will be used to lock the state to prevent concurrent modifications.

Makefile Targets

Available targets:

  help                                Help screen
  help/all                            Display help for all targets
  help/short                          This help short screen
  lint                                Lint terraform code

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
acl	The canned ACL to apply to the S3 bucket	string	`private`	no
additional_tag_map	Additional tags for appending to each tag map	map	`<map>`	no
attributes	Additional attributes (e.g. `state`)	list	`<list>`	no
block_public_acls	Whether Amazon S3 should block public ACLs for this bucket.	string	`false`	no
block_public_policy	Whether Amazon S3 should block public bucket policies for this bucket.	string	`false`	no
context	Default context to use for passing state between label invocations	map	`<map>`	no
delimiter	Delimiter to be used between `namespace`, `environment`, `stage`, `name` and `attributes`	string	`-`	no
enable_server_side_encryption	Enable DynamoDB server-side encryption	string	`true`	no
environment	Environment, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'pre-prod', 'UAT'	string	``	no
force_destroy	A boolean that indicates the S3 bucket can be destroyed even if it contains objects. These objects are not recoverable	string	`false`	no
ignore_public_acls	Whether Amazon S3 should ignore public ACLs for this bucket.	string	`false`	no
label_order	The naming order of the id output and Name tag	list	`<list>`	no
mfa_delete	A boolean that indicates that versions of S3 objects can only be deleted with MFA. ( Terraform cannot apply changes of this value; hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws#629 )	string	`false`	no
name	Solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'	string	`terraform`	no
namespace	Namespace, which could be your organization name or abbreviation, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp'	string	``	no
prevent_unencrypted_uploads	Prevent uploads of unencrypted objects to S3	string	`true`	no
profile	AWS profile name as set in the shared credentials file	string	``	no
read_capacity	DynamoDB read capacity units	string	`5`	no
regex_replace_chars	Regex to replace chars with empty string in `namespace`, `environment`, `stage` and `name`. By default only hyphens, letters and digits are allowed, all other chars are removed	string	`/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/`	no
region	AWS Region the S3 bucket should reside in	string	-	yes
restrict_public_buckets	Whether Amazon S3 should restrict public bucket policies for this bucket.	string	`false`	no
role_arn	The role to be assumed	string	``	no
stage	Stage, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', OR 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release'	string	``	no
tags	Additional tags (e.g. `map('BusinessUnit','XYZ')`	map	`<map>`	no
terraform_backend_config_file_name	Name of terraform backend config file	string	`terraform.tf`	no
terraform_backend_config_file_path	The path to terrafrom project directory	string	``	no
terraform_state_file	The path to the state file inside the bucket	string	`terraform.tfstate`	no
terraform_version	The minimum required terraform version	string	`0.11.3`	no
write_capacity	DynamoDB write capacity units	string	`5`	no

Outputs

Name	Description
dynamodb_table_arn	DynamoDB table ARN
dynamodb_table_id	DynamoDB table ID
dynamodb_table_name	DynamoDB table name
s3_bucket_arn	S3 bucket ARN
s3_bucket_domain_name	S3 bucket domain name
s3_bucket_id	S3 bucket ID
terraform_backend_config	Rendered Terraform backend config file

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