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layout: "backend-types"
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page_title: "Backend Type: local"
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sidebar_current: "docs-backends-types-enhanced-local"
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description: |-
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Terraform can store the state remotely, making it easier to version and work with in a team.
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---
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# local
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**Kind: Enhanced**
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The local backend stores state on the local filesystem, locks that
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state using system APIs, and performs operations locally.
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## Example Configuration
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```hcl
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terraform {
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backend "local" {
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path = "relative/path/to/terraform.tfstate"
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}
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}
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```
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## Example Reference
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```hcl
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data "terraform_remote_state" "foo" {
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backend = "local"
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config {
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path = "${path.module}/../../terraform.tfstate"
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}
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}
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```
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## Configuration variables
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The following configuration options are supported:
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* `path` - (Optional) The path to the `tfstate` file. This defaults to
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"terraform.tfstate" relative to the root module by default.
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