create backend local tf files

.github/workflows/terraform-apply.yaml

@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ jobs:
       uses: dflook/terraform-apply@v1
       with:
         path: terraform
+        backend_config_file: prod.backend.tfvars

.github/workflows/terraform-plan.yaml

@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ jobs:
       uses: dflook/terraform-plan@v1
       with:
         path: terraform
+        backend_config_file: prod.backend.tfvars

.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # Ignore variables files
 *.auto.tfvars
 
+# Ignore local development variable file
+backend.tfvars
+
 # Ignore override files
 *.tfoverride
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ cd terraform
 - Next initilize the terraform configuration
 
 ```bash
-terraform init
+terraform init --backend-config=backend.tfvars
 ```
 
 - Then generate and run an execution plan

terraform/backend.tf

@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 terraform {
   backend "s3" {
-    bucket         = "hfla-ops-terraform-state"
-    key            = "devops-security/terraform.tfstate"
-    region         = "us-west-2"
-    dynamodb_table = "hfla_ops_terraform_table"
-    encrypt        = true
   }
-}
+}

terraform/prod.backend.tfvars

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bucket         = "hfla-ops-terraform-state"
+key            = "devops-security/terraform.tfstate"
+region         = "us-west-2"
+dynamodb_table = "hfla_ops_terraform_table"
+encrypt        = true