Integrate with Terraform Cloud Remote Backend

1. Local execution mode - First you need to change the workspace settings in Terraform Cloud to enable local runs, so you need to go to the General Settings of the workspace and change the Execution Mode to Local.
2. Generating a token for authentication - To authenticate to Terraform Cloud remote backend you need to generate an API token, so under the User settings under Tokens and create an API token. Please save the token, we will need it in the further steps.
3. If you are running terraform version 1.2.0 or up you will need to add the following environment variables:

4. If not you will need to add an env0.yml file - In your Terraform git repo you will need to add an env0.yml file in the Terraform folder and add the following code:

version: 1
deploy:
  steps:
    setupVariables:
      after:
        - printf "credentials \"app.terraform.io\" {\n token = \"${TF_CLOUD_TOKEN}\"\n}" > ~/.terraformrc
destroy:
  steps:
    setupVariables:
      after:
        - printf "credentials \"app.terraform.io\" {\n token = \"${TF_CLOUD_TOKEN}\"\n}" > ~/.terraformrc

5. Now you are ready to run your Template and the remote backend should be stored in Terraform Cloud.

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Next steps

• Running remote plan - Run plan locally while executing remotely in env zero.
• Running remote apply - Apply local changes remotely with an auditable deployment record.
• Migrate from Terraform Cloud - Follow the guided migration wizard to move off Terraform Cloud.