{"id":1104,"date":"2023-02-18T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T09:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2023-10-13T05:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T04:40:12","slug":"gitlab-as-a-terraform-state-file-backend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/gitlab-as-a-terraform-state-file-backend\/","title":{"rendered":"GitLab as a Terraform state file backend \ud83d\udcdd"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1104\" class=\"elementor elementor-1104\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a54984d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a54984d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec208aa\" data-id=\"ec208aa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c163781 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"c163781\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h5&quot;,&quot;h6&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__c163781\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__c163781\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__c163781\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8cd0fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8cd0fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b099759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b099759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I started my first Terraform project within GitLab I wondered where should I store my state file. One option could be to store it in my Git repository but is there a better way?!\u00a0<\/p><p>The answer is yes there is! This article is about how I set up my pipeline in order to use the GitLab server as my state file backend. There are a couple things that need to be considered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more about it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gitlab.com\/ee\/user\/infrastructure\/iac\/terraform_state.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/docs.gitlab.com\/ee\/user\/infrastructure\/iac\/terraform_state.html<\/a><\/p><p>In the following article, I will configure an ACI environment and use GitLab CE 15.8 on Ubuntu 22.04 as my state file backend.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38ba98a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38ba98a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Create an environment, API key &amp; variables<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b81920b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b81920b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First, create a separate environment. In the GitLab WebUI go to <strong>Deployments &gt; Environments &gt; New environment<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae29d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae29d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_003.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIxMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwMy5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_003-1024x418.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_003-1024x418.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_003-300x122.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_003-768x313.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_003-1536x627.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_003.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0cf563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0cf563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_004.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIxMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwNC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_004-1024x419.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_004-1024x419.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_004-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_004-768x314.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_004-1536x629.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_004.png 1566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7685d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7685d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next create an access token, which is needed to communicate with the GitLab server via API and create\/update the state file after changes.\u00a0<\/p><p>Go to\u00a0<strong>Settings &gt; Access Tokens\u00a0<\/strong>and enter the following input for the project (as an example).<\/p><p>Token name:\u00a0<strong>terraform<\/strong><br \/>Role:\u00a0<strong>Maintainer<\/strong><br \/>Select\u00a0<strong>api\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4193367 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4193367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_001.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTE5OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwMS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"329\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_001-1024x421.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1199\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_001-1024x421.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_001-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_001-768x315.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_001-1536x631.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_001.png 1563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f660e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f660e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Copy the token and save it in a temp file.<br \/><strong>The token can not be viewed again and you need it later!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc38ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9bc38ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_002.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIwMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwMi5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_002-1024x418.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1200\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_002-1024x418.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_002-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_002-768x314.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_002-1536x628.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_002.png 1566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c675550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c675550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Create the following variables in <strong>Settings &gt; CI\/CD &gt; Expand Variables<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li><em>TF_USERNAME:<\/em>\u00a0<strong>root (use your username)<\/strong><\/li><li><em>TF_PASSWORD:<\/em>\u00a0<strong>(use your token that you copied, tik also Mask Var<\/strong><strong>iable)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Make sure that you create the variables and choose the right environment \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e5ff3f elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"4e5ff3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">INFORMATION<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">In my case, I also needed to create some variables for my ACI environment.\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5494f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5494f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_005-1.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIxMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwNS0xLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_005-1-1024x414.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1213\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_005-1-1024x414.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_005-1-300x121.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_005-1-768x310.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_005-1-1536x621.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_005-1-2048x828.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b02d9e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b02d9e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Create a custom script<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-270981d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"270981d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Create a file called <strong>init_file.sh<\/strong> which will run in your pipeline to initialize the Terraform environment to use your GitLab server with all the required credentials (user \/ API key).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-696974b elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"696974b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>#! \/bin\/bash\nTF_USERNAME=${TF_USERNAME} \\\nTF_PASSWORD=${TF_PASSWORD} \\\nTF_ADDRESS=\"${CI_SERVER_URL}\/api\/v4\/projects\/${CI_PROJECT_ID}\/terraform\/state\/terraform_statefile\" \\\n\nterraform init \\\n  -backend-config=address=${TF_ADDRESS} \\\n  -backend-config=lock_address=${TF_ADDRESS}\/lock \\\n  -backend-config=unlock_address=${TF_ADDRESS}\/lock \\\n  -backend-config=username=${TF_USERNAME} \\\n  -backend-config=password=${TF_PASSWORD} \\\n  -backend-config=lock_method=POST \\\n  -backend-config=unlock_method=DELETE \\\n  -backend-config=retry_wait_min=5 <\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e9fd6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e9fd6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adjust the main.tf<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f59d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3f59d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Add the following lines to your <strong>main.tf<\/strong> which will tell Terraform to not store the state file locally.<\/p><p>More about possible backends can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.hashicorp.com\/terraform\/language\/settings\/backends\/configuration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/developer.hashicorp.com\/terraform\/language\/settings\/backends\/configuration<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db0234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"6db0234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>terraform {\n  backend \"http\" {\n  }\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35bdd79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35bdd79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adjust the pipeline<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-476d0f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"476d0f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an example, I attached the entire pipeline content that I created in my lab to make changes in my ACI environment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The pipeline consists of the following stages<\/p><ul><li>build<br \/>I am building my own Docker container with the required tools and storing it in my GitLab container registry.<\/li><li>validate<br \/>Validate the Terraform config files for error.<\/li><li>plan<br \/>The Terraform plan command helps to identify exactly which resources will be created, replaced, changed, or destroyed without executing.\u00a0<\/li><li>apply<br \/>Terraform executes the necessary changes to the infrastructure.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5d47d0 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"c5d47d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">INFORMATION<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">In line, you specify the environment that you created earlier and will map the variables. Pay attention to lines 41-42. Here is the script will run that you created before to set the variables to reach the GitLab Terraform backend. This needs to run in each job. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5366073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"5366073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"34,40-42\" class=\"highlight-height language-bash line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-bash\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>variables:\n  IMAGE_NAME_ACI: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE\/aci  \n  IMAGE_TAG_ACI: \"1.0\"\n\nstages:\n  - build\n  - validate\n  - plan\n  - apply\n\nbuild_image:\n  stage: build\n  tags:\n    - shell-runner\n  script:\n    - docker build -t $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI docker\/aci\/.\n\npush_image:\n  stage: build\n  needs:\n    - build_image\n  tags:\n    - shell-runner\n  before_script:\n    - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY\n  script:\n    - docker push $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n\nvalidate:\n  needs:\n    - push_image\n  stage: validate\n  image: $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n  environment: ACI\n  tags:\n    - docker-runner\n  before_script:\n    - cd terraform\n  script:\n      - chmod +x init_file.sh\n      - .\/init_file.sh\n      - terraform validate\n\nplan:\n  needs:\n    - validate\n  stage: plan\n  image: $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n  environment: ACI\n  tags:\n    - docker-runner\n  before_script:\n    - cd terraform\n  script:\n      - chmod +x init_file.sh\n      - .\/init_file.sh\n      - terraform plan\n\napply:\n  needs:\n    - plan\n  stage: apply\n  image: $IMAGE_NAME_ACI:$IMAGE_TAG_ACI\n  environment: ACI\n  tags:\n    - docker-runner\n  before_script:\n    - cd terraform\n  script:\n      - chmod +x init_file.sh\n      - .\/init_file.sh     \n      - terraform apply --auto-approve\n  when: manual<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4357e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4357e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Run the pipeline and check the state file<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b47dc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b47dc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s make changes and to trigger the pipeline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4fac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d4fac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_006.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIxNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwNi5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"329\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_006-1024x421.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_006-1024x421.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_006-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_006-768x316.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_006-1536x631.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_006.png 1565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffe46a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ffe46a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_007.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIxNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwNy5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"328\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_007-1024x420.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1215\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_007-1024x420.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_007-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_007-768x315.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_007-1536x631.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_007.png 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ff816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61ff816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the GitLab WebUI, go to\u00a0<strong>Infrastructure &gt; Terraform<\/strong>\u00a0and download the\u00a0<strong>state file (JSON)<\/strong>\u00a0and make yourself familiar with the content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6b691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f6b691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_008.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIxNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwOC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_008-1024x418.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_008-1024x418.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_008-300x123.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_008-768x314.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_008-1536x628.png 1536w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_008.png 1566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f3116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5f3116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_009.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIxNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvMTkyLjE2OC4xLjIxMzo4MDg4XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wMlwvR0lUTEFCX1RFUlJBRk9STV9TVEFURV9GSUxFXzAwOS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_009-1024x641.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_009-1024x641.png 1024w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_009-300x188.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_009-768x480.png 768w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GITLAB_TERRAFORM_STATE_FILE_009.png 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bafcb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bafcb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That&#8217;s it \ud83d\udc4d ! The state file will be stored in your GitLab server locally. There is also an option to use cloud storage like Amazon which I will not discuss in that article.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f0bf61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f0bf61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cbeye_done-300x297.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cbeye_done-300x297.png 300w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cbeye_done-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cbeye_done.png 367w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fda26a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fda26a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5848fd4\" data-id=\"5848fd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Introduction When I started my first Terraform project within GitLab I wondered where should I store my state file. One option could be to store it in my Git repository but is there a better way?!&nbsp; The answer is yes there is! This article is about how I set up my pipeline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automation","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1382,"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/1382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/192.168.1.213:8088\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}