The Terraform template supports [job artifacts](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.html) that your Terraform
The Terraform template supports [job artifacts](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/jobs/job_artifacts.html) that your Terraform
code may generate and need to propagate to downstream jobs:
*`$TF_OUTPUT_DIR` directory and all contained files are stored as job artifacts.
Allows to propagate **files**.
* If present, the `terraform.env` file is stored as a [dotenv artifact](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.html#artifactsreportsdotenv).
* If present, the `terraform.env` file is stored as a [dotenv artifact](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/artifacts_reports.html#artifactsreportsdotenv).
Allows to propagate **environment variables**.
Examples:
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ terraform init \
#### Implicit Backend configuration support
If you disabled the GitLab-managed Terraform state (by setting `$TF_GITLAB_BACKEND_DISABLED` to `true`),
the template supports an implicit [backend configuration](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/settings/backends/configuration#file) mechanism:
the template supports an implicit [backend configuration](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/backend#file) mechanism:
1. Looks for a `$environment_type.tfbackend` file (ex: `staging.tfbackend` for staging environment),