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Multi-Environment Strategy

Manage multiple environments (dev/staging/prod) with consistent Terraform configurations.

Multi-Environment Strategy diagram

Multi-environment Terraform structure with promotion flow

A well-designed multi-environment strategy allows you to test changes safely before production while maintaining consistency across environments.

Environment strategies:

  • Workspaces - Lightweight isolation for similar environments
  • Directory Structure - Separate directories per environment
  • Terragrunt - DRY configuration with environment inheritance
  • tfvars Files - Environment-specific variable values

Key Concepts

  • Promote changes through environments sequentially
  • Use identical module versions across environments
  • Environment-specific state files
  • Consistent naming conventions
  • Feature flags for gradual rollouts

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