ronaldkonjer / terraform-aws-remote-state

#backend.tf => comment terraform { backend "s3" {} }

#If not done yet, create a workspace terraform workspace new stage

#Select workspace make workspace ENV=stage

workspace:
	@terraform workspace select $(ENV) || terraform workspace new $(ENV)

#Initialize the project make init

init:
	@terraform init

make remote-state ENV=stage

remote-state:
	@echo "Builds remote-state in S3 for Terraform in $(ENV)"
	@terraform apply -target module.remote-state -var-file workspace-variables/$(ENV).tfvars

#backend.tf => uncomment terraform { backend "s3" {} }

#Initialize the remote state in S3 make init-remote-state ENV=stage REGION=eu-west-1 NAME=projectname e.g. ${module.label.id}

#Can't use variables on backend.tf. So we define a parameterized command
init-remote-state:
	@echo "initialize terrafrom with remote state in S3 for ${NAME}-$(ENV) environment in ${REGION}"
	@terraform init  -backend-config="encrypt=true" -backend-config="bucket=terraform-state-${NAME}" -backend-config="dynamodb_table=terraform-state-lock-${NAME}" -backend-config="region=${REGION}" -backend-config="key=terraform.tfstate.d/${ENV}/terraform.tfstate"

make refresh ENV=stage

refresh:
	@echo "refresh the state for remote-state in S3 $(ENV)"
	@terraform refresh -var-file workspace-variables/$(ENV).tfvars

run your terraform plan and apply commands

To download the state to your local machine

terraform state pull > terraform.tfstate

pull-state:
	@echo "if for some reason you need the state at your local machine"
	@terraform state pull > terraform.tfstate.d/$(ENV)/terraform.tfstate