Terraform state for small teams

Terraform state maps your configuration to real resources. Losing it, or editing it concurrently, is how small teams end up with orphaned infrastructure.

Store state remotely

terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket       = "my-team-tfstate"
    key          = "prod/terraform.tfstate"
    region       = "ap-southeast-1"
    use_lockfile = true
  }
}

Lock every run

Locking prevents two terraform apply runs from writing state at the same time.