This repo contains modules for bootstrapping Terraform with remote state storage using pure Terraform.
- Bootstrapping Terraform from scratch with minimal boilerplate code
- All resources to be managed by Terraform including remote state storage
- Pure Terraform implementation - no scripts or cloud CLI commands
Bootstrapping Terraform to use remote state storage requires the remote storage resources to be created before a Terraform remote backend can be configured to use these resources for storing Terraform state. This is sometimes referred to as the Terraform chicken & egg problem.
A common solution is to first create the required remote storage resources using Terraform with local state storage and then set up a remote backend configuration and reinitialize Terraform in order to migrate the local state to remote storage.
Unfortunately, setting up a remote backend configuration normally involves manual work, which is error-prone, or some form of scripting solution, due to the fact that backend configurations cannot be parametrized in Terraform.
The modules provided in this repo solve this complication by using a
Terraform local_file resource to automatically create a .tf file with
the correct backend configuration after the remote storage resources
have been created.
Please see LICENSE.txt for details.