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remotestate	Remote State Backend: local	docs-state-remote-local	Remote state stored using the local file system.

local

Remote state backend that uses the local file system.

Example Usage

terraform remote config \
    -backend=local \
    -backend-config="path=/path/to/terraform.tfstate"

Example Reference

data "terraform_remote_state" "foo" {
    backend = "local"
    config {
        path = "${path.module}/../../terraform.tfstate"
    }
}

Configuration variables

The following configuration options are supported:

• path - (Required) The path to the tfstate file.