github.com/hugorut/terraform@v1.1.3/website/docs/language/settings/backends/consul.mdx (about) 1 --- 2 page_title: 'Backend Type: consul' 3 description: Terraform can store state in Consul. 4 --- 5 6 # consul 7 8 Stores the state in the [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) KV store at a given path. 9 10 This backend supports [state locking](/language/state/locking). 11 12 ## Example Configuration 13 14 ```hcl 15 terraform { 16 backend "consul" { 17 address = "consul.example.com" 18 scheme = "https" 19 path = "full/path" 20 } 21 } 22 ``` 23 24 Note that for the access credentials we recommend using a 25 [partial configuration](/language/settings/backends/configuration#partial-configuration). 26 27 ## Data Source Configuration 28 29 ```hcl 30 data "terraform_remote_state" "foo" { 31 backend = "consul" 32 config = { 33 path = "full/path" 34 } 35 } 36 ``` 37 38 ## Configuration variables 39 40 The following configuration options / environment variables are supported: 41 42 - `path` - (Required) Path in the Consul KV store 43 - `access_token` / `CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN` - (Required) Access token 44 - `address` / `CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR` - (Optional) DNS name and port of your Consul endpoint specified in the 45 format `dnsname:port`. Defaults to the local agent HTTP listener. 46 - `scheme` - (Optional) Specifies what protocol to use when talking to the given 47 `address`, either `http` or `https`. SSL support can also be triggered 48 by setting then environment variable `CONSUL_HTTP_SSL` to `true`. 49 - `datacenter` - (Optional) The datacenter to use. Defaults to that of the agent. 50 - `http_auth` / `CONSUL_HTTP_AUTH` - (Optional) HTTP Basic Authentication credentials to be used when 51 communicating with Consul, in the format of either `user` or `user:pass`. 52 - `gzip` - (Optional) `true` to compress the state data using gzip, or `false` (the default) to leave it uncompressed. 53 - `lock` - (Optional) `false` to disable locking. This defaults to true, but will require session permissions with Consul and at least kv write permissions on `$path/.lock` to perform locking. 54 - `ca_file` / `CONSUL_CACERT` - (Optional) A path to a PEM-encoded certificate authority used to verify the remote agent's certificate. 55 - `cert_file` / `CONSUL_CLIENT_CERT` - (Optional) A path to a PEM-encoded certificate provided to the remote agent; requires use of `key_file`. 56 - `key_file` / `CONSUL_CLIENT_KEY` - (Optional) A path to a PEM-encoded private key, required if `cert_file` is specified.