Terraform state: S3 backend or Terraform Cloud for a small team?

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Team of 4, one AWS account, a few environments. Is S3 + DynamoDB locking still the simple choice?

Daniel Kim · Accepted Answer

For 4 people on one cloud, S3 with versioning plus locking is simple and cheap (newer Terraform versions can lock with S3 alone). Move to a managed backend when you need policy checks, run history or many workspaces.

Rahul Verma · Answer

Whatever you pick, turn on S3 versioning. It has saved us from a corrupted state file twice.

Terraform state: S3 backend or Terraform Cloud for a small team?

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