Recovering from Lost/Deleted Remote State
Initialize the backend & start working through errors from terraform-apply.
bucket already exists
terraform import aws_s3_bucket.bucket www.johnsosoka.com
cloud front example
terraform import aws_cloudfront_distribution.www_distribution <Distribution ID>
dynamodb example
terraform import aws_dynamodb_table.terraform-state terraform-state
Reading a Hidden Terraform Variable
A terraform variable might be marked sensitive, such as:
output "github_deployer_user_access_key_secret" {
value = aws_iam_access_key.deployer_user_access_key.secret
sensitive = true
}
To read this value, after running terraform apply, run:
terraform output -raw github_deployer_user_access_key_secret
This will print the value of the masked variable to the console.