Add possibility to compress state file when using s3 remote state

[SebastianCzoch]

Current Terraform Version

Terraform v0.11.11

Use-cases

When s3 remote state is used on large platforms, running terraform on poor internet connection can be cumbersome, especially when terraform is used together with some automation tools (e.g. inventory for Ansible).

Proposal

Adding option to use compression (e.g. gzip) for state file.

terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    encrypt        = true
    bucket         = "my-awesome-terraform"
    dynamodb_table = "terraform-state-lock"
    region         = "eu-west-1"
    key            = "terraform.tfstate"
    compression    = true
  }
}

References

• Add option to compress state file for s3 remote state #20329

[internetstaff]

Why no love for this? :)