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Allan Xu
Allan Xu

Reputation: 9298

Question about terraform.tfstate mappings

This document suggests that the backend.key setting will be automatically mapped to ARM_ACCESS_KEY environment variable:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/terraform/store-state-in-azure-storage

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Based on what rule or mechanics backend.key reads ARM_ACCESS_KET environment variable? where is it documented

Upvotes: 0

Views: 151

Answers (1)

Spooler
Spooler

Reputation: 160

You're mixing up blob storage keys and access keys. A "key" in this sense represents a file path in blob storage, while an "access_key" is a login to that blob.

If you fill an environment variable named ARM_ACCESS_KEY with the given storage account access key described in that documentation, then you don't have to define that access key as a constant in the backend configuration (which would be insecure).

The settings you have thus far are correct. If you define the environment variable I described above, Terraform will use it when connecting to remote state storage.

Upvotes: 1

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