README.md

Terraform Module AWS Backend

Provision AWS resources for Terraform backend

Variables

Variables	Description	Default	Example
environment	Environment name. This value is used as a tag key-value.		production
name	Name of infrastructure. This value is used as a tag key-value.		gavanlamb
tags	Tags to add to all resources. Merged with the default tags Environment, Name & ManagedBy
iam_path	Path name to store IAM policies under	terraform	terraform
iam_policy_prefix	IAM policy name prefix
bucket_name	Name of the bucket. If omitted, Terraform will assign a random, unique name. Must be less than or equal to 63 characters in length.
dynamodb_name	Name of the table, this needs to be unique within the specified region.
key_name	Name of the key, this needs to be unique.	terraform-key

How to

Specify the module source and the provider information.

Sample

provider "aws" {
    region = "ap-southeast-2"
}

module "backend" {
    source = "github.com/expensely/terraform-module-aws-backend"
    environment = "production"
    name = "gavanlamb"
    iam_path = "terraform"
    iam_policy_prefix = "terraform"
    bucket_name = "terraform"
    dynamodb_name = "terraform_lock"
    key_name = "terraform"
    tags = {}
}