State file migration from Terraform OSS (local) to Terraform Enterprise

January 09, 2024 10:01
Updated

Requirement:

The requirement is to migrate the terraform state to Terraform Enterprise which is present locally which is created by using the Terraform OSS.

Procedure:

Follow the below procedure to migrate the state file from local OSS system to Terraform Enterprise.

Add the terraform cloud block in your terraform OSS code:

terraform {
  cloud {
    hostname = "<TFE Hostname>"
    organization = "<Test Org>"

    workspaces {
      name = "<Workspace name>"
    }
  }
}

Authenticate to terraform enterprise from your local machine by executing the command

terraform login <TFE FQDN>

It will ask to generate the token through browser, please comment yes if you would like to create a new one and login to TFE to create a new token
Run the terraform init as mentioned here.
Confirm yes to migrate the state file.

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