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author | GitLab Bot <gitlab-bot@gitlab.com> | 2021-09-14 18:12:05 +0300 |
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committer | GitLab Bot <gitlab-bot@gitlab.com> | 2021-09-14 18:12:05 +0300 |
commit | b119503b7039d1e79b87300a145afdcd1145c2d6 (patch) | |
tree | 9977d51c4fd8177a20f1805c14f0cb6750baee1c /doc/user | |
parent | d378fdaa60adb7217e3fc798580ad206127728d5 (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/user/infrastructure/iac/terraform_state.md b/doc/user/infrastructure/iac/terraform_state.md index 20ca088ae81..fb051c7fa14 100644 --- a/doc/user/infrastructure/iac/terraform_state.md +++ b/doc/user/infrastructure/iac/terraform_state.md @@ -429,3 +429,18 @@ query ProjectTerraformStates { For those new to the GitLab GraphQL API, read [Getting started with GitLab GraphQL API](../../../api/graphql/getting_started.md). + +## Troubleshooting + +### Unable to lock Terraform state files in CI jobs for `terraform apply` using a plan created in a previous job + +When passing `-backend-config=` to `terraform init`, Terraform persists these values inside the plan +cache file. This includes the `password` value. + +As a result, to create a plan and later use the same plan in another CI job, you might get the error +`Error: Error acquiring the state lock` errors when using `-backend-config=password=$CI_JOB_TOKEN`. +This happens because the value of `$CI_JOB_TOKEN` is only valid for the duration of the current job. + +As a workaround, use [http backend configuration variables](https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/settings/backends/http.html#configuration-variables) in your CI job, +which is what happens behind the scenes when following the +[Get started using GitLab CI](#get-started-using-gitlab-ci) instructions. |