DevOps with Asthavi

  To manage Terraform state across dev , stage , and production , you must isolate each environment into its own independent state file . Sharing or mixing state files across environments can lead to catastrophic outages if a change intended for development accidentally targets production. [ 1 , 2 ] The industry standard for achieving this isolation relies on two distinct approaches, depending on the complexity of your infrastructure. [ 1 , 2 ] Option 1: File/Directory Separation (Recommended for Production) The most robust, production-grade approach is to segregate environments using explicit file paths and distinct directories. This structure allows you to enforce strict boundary permissions, such as placing the production state file in an entirely different cloud account with restricted engineer access. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ] text ├── modules/ │ ├── vpc/ │ └── ec2/ └── environments/ ├── dev/ │ ├── main.tf │ ├── variables.tf │ └── backend.tf # Unique st...