Commit 702c38ca authored by Pierre Smeyers's avatar Pierre Smeyers
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Merge branch '36-documentation-boolean-mismatch-tf_gitlab_backend_disabled' into 'master' 

Resolve "Documentation: boolean mismatch TF_GITLAB_BACKEND_DISABLED"

Closes #36

See merge request to-be-continuous/terraform!45
parents ebb2256d a59768d6

README.md

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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ As mentionned in GitLab's documentation, that requires that your Terraform scrip 
Terraform [HTTP backend](https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/backends/http.html), the templates

does the rest to configure it automatically.



This default behavior can be disabled by setting `$TF_GITLAB_BACKEND_DISABLED` to `false`.

This default behavior can be disabled by setting `$TF_GITLAB_BACKEND_DISABLED` to `true`.

In that case, you'll have to declare and configure your backend and tfstate by yourself (see [Implicit Backend configuration support](#implicit-backend-configuration-support) below).



#### _Error acquiring the state lock_ workaround
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#### Implicit Backend configuration support



If you disabled the GitLab-managed Terraform state (by setting `$TF_GITLAB_BACKEND_DISABLED` to `false`),

If you disabled the GitLab-managed Terraform state (by setting `$TF_GITLAB_BACKEND_DISABLED` to `true`),

the template supports an implicit [backend configuration](https://www.terraform.io/language/settings/backends/configuration#file) mechanism:



1. Looks for a `$env.tfbackend` file (ex: `staging.tfbackend` for staging environment),