Setup Terraform for a Cloud Storage backend

Use Terraform to create a config file for storing Terraform state in Cloud Storage

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Terraform

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands. For more information, see the Terraform provider reference documentation. 

resource "random_id" "default" {
  byte_length = 8
}

resource "google_storage_bucket" "default" {
  name     = "${random_id.default.hex}-terraform-remote-backend"
  location = "US"

  force_destroy               = false
  public_access_prevention    = "enforced"
  uniform_bucket_level_access = true

  versioning {
    enabled = true
  }
}

resource "local_file" "default" {
  file_permission = "0644"
  filename        = "${path.module}/backend.tf"

  # You can store the template in a file and use the templatefile function for
  # more modularity, if you prefer, instead of storing the template inline as
  # we do here.
  content = <<-EOT
  terraform {
    backend "gcs" {
      bucket = "${google_storage_bucket.default.name}"
    }
  }
  EOT
}

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