#!/bin/bash echo "Newer terraform versions have a new way of defining a backend. Copy paste the following code in a backend.tf file, modify the region/s3 bucket, and execute 'terraform init' to initialize the backend. You'll be asked to copy the data from the local backend to the s3 backend, which you can answer yes. " echo 'backend.tf ========== terraform { backend "s3" { bucket = "terraform-state-a3c731f" key = "terraform.tfstate" region = "eu-west-1" } } '