LABINTERMEDIATE
Advanced State Management and Drift Detection
Master remote state backends, import/moved blocks, and drift detection for production-ready Terraform workflows.
60 minutes
infrastructure/terraform
Lab Overview
Learn production-ready state management techniques including remote backends, importing existing resources, refactoring with moved blocks, and detecting/managing configuration drift.
You'll learn to:
- Configure S3 backend with state locking using DynamoDB
- Import existing AWS resources into Terraform management
- Refactor infrastructure with moved blocks to avoid destruction
- Detect and manage configuration drift
- Implement state backup and recovery strategies
Key Resources:
Prerequisites
Core Terraform Workflow lab
Understanding of Terraform state
Technologies Covered
terraformstate-managementremote-backendimportmoved-blocksdrift-detectionawss3dynamodb
Part of a Course
This lab is part of the Terraform 004: Certified Terraform Associate course
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- Managed AWS Account included
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- Real-world cloud scenarios
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