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Remote State

Terraform Remote State

Definition

Remote state stores Terraform's state file in a shared backend (S3, GCS, Terraform Cloud) rather than on a local filesystem. This enables team collaboration, state locking to prevent concurrent modifications, and state sharing between Terraform configurations.

Remote state is essential for any team-based Terraform workflow and prevents the 'state file on a laptop' anti-pattern.


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