Store Terraform state in Azure Storage | Terraform with Azure

Terraform state is used to reconcile deployed resources with Terraform configurations. State allows Terraform to know what Azure resources to add, update, or delete.

By default, Terraform state is stored locally, which isn't ideal for the following reasons:

Local state doesn't work well in a team.
Terraform state can include sensitive information.
Storing state locally increases the chance of inadvertent deletion.
In this article, you learn how to:

Use Azure storage to store remote Terraform state.
Understand state locking


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0:00 Introduction
0:14 What is terraform state file
2:58 Configure terraform backend state
4:07 Create a terraform project
4:45 How to store terraform state file in azure
6:27 Understand state locking