Lightning Talk: A Tale of Three Configs: On Best Practices with OpenTofu Structuring
Lightningat OpenTofu Day North America 2024 · on Tuesday, 2024-11-12· at 14:40· Salt Palace | Level 2 | 250 D·
summary
Three concrete recipes for OpenTofu config management: workspaces keeps one config but stores all states in a single backend — low isolation, rated 5/10; directory-per-environment duplicates code with different vars — clear modularity but drift risk, rated 7/10; backend-config injection isolates state and supports automation but risks misapplied flags, rated 8/10; backend-config with variables enabled by OpenTofu 1.8 Static Evaluation uses backend-block variables (e.g. bucket per env), eliminates hidden backend logic and scores 10/10. S3/remote backends recommended for locking.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00OpenTofu structuring challenges
- 1:03Workspace isolation approach
- 2:49Duplicated environment directories
- 4:12Backend configuration injection
- 5:58Backend variables in OpenTofu 1.8
- 7:22Comparing recipes and recommendations
- 7:47Q&A on backend variables
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