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Unknown Values: The Secret to Terraform Plan

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Re: Unknown Values: The Secret to Terraform Plan

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> So returning to the original question: why doesn't Terraform use an existing language? So far, I've not yet encountered an existing language runtime which contains the building blocks Terraform uses in order to keep the plan-related promises. That sure does sound like the author believes "pulumi preview" shouldn't ever work

It's called Jsonnet and it definitely exists.

Re: Unknown Values: The Secret to Terraform Plan

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just found out they do support alternative state backends like Terraform does.

Correct. For my team we leverage S3 for state storage and with a recent upstream change, there is no longer a need to explicitly set a lock on the state as the lock is now set for you by default. EDIT: Should mention that enabling bucket versioning here is also a little cherry on top (to me).

Can you tell me more about the state lock or link to some relevant details?
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