Using a GCS backend in GCP

If you use Terraform to provision a resource on GCP, like for Azure and AWS, we need to store the Terraform state in the backend.

In this recipe, we will learn how to store a Terraform state file in a GCP storage bucket.

Let’s get started!

Getting ready

There are no specific requirements to complete this recipe.

In this recipe, we will create a GCP storage bucket manually in the GCP dashboard and we will configure the Terraform block to use this GCP storage bucket as a state backend.

To create a GCP bucket, perform these steps:

1. Log in to your GCP console.
2. Go to the left menu and navigate to Cloud Storage > Buckets.

Figure 9.20: GCP Buckets menu

3. Click on the CREATE button.

Figure 9.21: GCP bucket CREATE button

4. Fill in the form with the bucket name (here the bucket name is given as example, choose another unique name).

Figure 9.22: GCP –...