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+---
+layout: "backend-types"
+page_title: "Backend Type: pg"
+sidebar_current: "docs-backends-types-standard-pg"
+description: |-
+  Terraform can store state remotely in a Postgres database with locking.
+---
+
+# pg
+
+**Kind: Standard with locking**
+
+Stores the state in a [Postgres database](https://www.postgresql.org) using two tables, `states` and `locks`.
+
+Supports Postgres version 10 and newer.
+
+## Example Configuration
+
+```hcl
+terraform {
+  backend "pg" {
+    conn_str = "postgres://localhost/terraform_backend"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+This assumes we have a database created called `terraform_backend`. The
+Terraform state is stored in a self-managed schema, by default 
+`terraform_remote_backend`.
+
+Note that for the access credentials we recommend using a
+[partial configuration](/docs/backends/config.html).
+
+## Using the pg remote state
+
+To make use of the pg remote state we can use the
+[`terraform_remote_state` data
+source](/docs/providers/terraform/d/remote_state.html).
+
+```hcl
+data "terraform_remote_state" "network" {
+  backend = "pg"
+  config {
+    conn_str = "postgres://localhost/terraform_backend"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The `terraform_remote_state` data source will return all of the root module 
+outputs defined in the referenced remote state (but not any outputs from 
+nested modules unless they are explicitly output again in the root). An 
+example output might look like:
+
+```
+data.terraform_remote_state.network:
+  id = 2018-10-11 01:57:59.780010914 +0000 UTC
+  backend = pg
+  config.% = 1
+  config.conn_str = postgres://localhost/terraform_backend
+```
+
+## Configuration variables
+
+The following configuration options or environment variables are supported:
+
+ * `conn_str` - (Required) Postgres connection string; a `postgres://` URL
+ * `lock` - Use locks to synchronize state access, default `true`
+ * `schema_name` - Name of the automatically managed Postgres schema to store locks & state.
+ 
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                   </li>
+                  <li<%= sidebar_current("docs-backends-types-standard-pg") %>>
+                    <a href="/docs/backends/types/pg.html">pg</a>
+                  </li>
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