terraform/website/source/docs/backends/types/http.html.md

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layout: "backend-types"
page_title: "Backend Type: http"
sidebar_current: "docs-backends-types-standard-http"
description: |-
  Terraform can store state remotely at any valid HTTP endpoint.
---

# http

**Kind: Standard (with no locking)**

Stores the state using a simple [REST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer) client.

State will be fetched via GET, updated via POST, and purged with DELETE.

## Example Usage

```
terraform {
  backend "http" {
    address = "http://myrest.api.com"
  }
}
```

## Example Referencing

```
data "terraform_remote_state" "foo" {
	backend = "http"
	config {
		address = "http://my.rest.api.com"
	}
}
```

## Configuration variables

The following configuration options are supported:

 * `address` - (Required) The address of the REST endpoint
 * `username` - (Optional) The username for HTTP basic authentication
 * `password` - (Optional) The password for HTTP basic authentication
 * `skip_cert_verification` - (Optional) Whether to skip TLS verification.
   Defaults to `false`.