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Best practices for using the Terraform AWS Provider - AWS Prescriptive Guidance

Best practices for using the Terraform AWS Provider

Michael Begin, Amazon Web Services

Managing infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform on AWS offers important benefits such as improved consistency, security, and agility. However, as your Terraform configuration grows in size and complexity, it becomes critical to follow best practices to avoid pitfalls.

This guide provides recommended best practices for using the Terraform AWS Provider from HashiCorp. It walks you through proper versioning, security controls, remote backends, codebase structure, and community providers to optimize Terraform on AWS. Each section dives into more details on the specifics of applying these best practices: