Pick a Persistent BackendΒΆ

PyTerraBackTYL currently comes with three different options for managing the Terraform state file. Each one has different pros and cons depending on your use-case.

  • PyShelve
    • This backend plugin will persist the Terraform locking and state as a Python object to disk.
    • Pros: Very fast, easy to configure
    • Cons: Difficult to visually inspect the contents of locking and state
  • Git
    • This backend plugin will store Terraform locking and state into separate branches of a Git repository
    • Pros: Great for teams, easy to visually inspect state, easy to track changes to state, audit log of changes
    • Cons: Requires a private Git repository, slow, difficult to configure
  • AES
    • This plugin will encrypt Terraform locking and state with 256bit CBC mode AES encryption, and then persist the encrypted data to disk
    • Pros: Secure, relatively fast, easy to configure
    • Cons: Difficult to visually inspect the contents of locking and state

You can also create your own custom backend plugin by implementing the TYLPersistent abstract class.