Choose where Terraform state lives, independent of the target cloud.

What it does

• Supports backend.type = s3|gcs|azurerm for any provider.
• Allows backend.profile for cross-account S3, region override, and container/resource_group for azurerm.
• Ensures the backend bucket/container exists before running Terraform.

Example

backend:
  type: s3
  bucket: platform-tfstate
  region: us-east-1
  profile: ops-account

Notes

• Backends are rendered into backend.tf/terraform.tfvars alongside providers.
• You can point all clouds to a single backend (e.g., S3) if desired.