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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Command: remote config"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-remote-config"
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description: |-
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The `terraform remote config` command is used to configure Terraform to make
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use of remote state storage, change remote storage configuration, or
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to disable it.
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# Command: remote config
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The `terraform remote config` command is used to configure use of remote
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state storage. By default, Terraform persists its state only to a local
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disk. When remote state storage is enabled, Terraform will automatically
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fetch the latest state from the remote server when necessary and if any
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updates are made, the newest state is persisted back to the remote server.
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In this mode, users do not need to durably store the state using version
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control or shared storaged.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform remote config [options]`
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The `remote config` command can be used to enable remote storage, change
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configuration or disable the use of remote storage. Terraform supports multiple types
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of storage backends, specified by using the `-backend` flag. By default,
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Atlas is assumed to be the storage backend. Each backend expects different,
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configuration arguments documented below.
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When remote storage is enabled, an existing local state file can be migrated.
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By default, `remote config` will look for the "terraform.tfstate" file, but that
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can be specified by the `-state` flag. If no state file exists, a blank
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state will be configured.
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When enabling remote storage, use the `-backend-config` flag to set
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the required configuration variables as documented below. See the example
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below this section for more details.
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When remote storage is disabled, the existing remote state is migrated
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to a local file. This defaults to the `-state` path during restore.
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The following backends are supported:
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* Atlas - Stores the state in Atlas. Requires the `name` and `access_token`
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variables. The `address` variable can optionally be provided.
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* Consul - Stores the state in the KV store at a given path.
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Requires the `path` variable. The `address` and `access_token`
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variables can optionally be provided. Address is assumed to be the
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local agent if not provided.
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* S3 - Stores the state as a given key in a given bucket on Amazon S3.
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Requires the `bucket` and `key` variables. Supports and honors the standard
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AWS environment variables `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`
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and `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION`. These can optionally be provided as parameters
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in the `access_key`, `secret_key` and `region` variables
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respectively, but passing credentials this way is not recommended since they
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will be included in cleartext inside the persisted state.
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* HTTP - Stores the state using a simple REST client. State will be fetched
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via GET, updated via POST, and purged with DELETE. Requires the `address` variable.
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The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:
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* `-backend=Atlas` - The remote backend to use. Must be one of the above
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supported backends.
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* `-backend-config="k=v"` - Specify a configuration variable for a backend.
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This is how you set the required variables for the backends above.
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* `-backup=path` - Path to backup the existing state file before
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modifying. Defaults to the "-state" path with ".backup" extension.
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Set to "-" to disable backup.
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* `-disable` - Disables remote state management and migrates the state
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to the `-state` path.
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* `-pull=true` - Controls if the remote state is pulled before disabling
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or after enabling. This defaults to true to ensure the latest state
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is available under both conditions.
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* `-state=path` - Path to read state. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate"
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unless remote state is enabled.
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## Example: Consul
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The example below will push your remote state to Consul. Note that for
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this example, it would go to the public Consul demo. In practice, you
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should use your own private Consul server:
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```
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$ terraform remote config \
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-backend=consul \
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-backend-config="address=demo.consul.io:80" \
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-backend-config="path=tf"
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```
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