Explain Terraform state, why managing it is critical, and team best practices
Tests if you know state maps config to real resources and tracks metadata. Strong answers cover remote backends with locking and encryption, never Git. Red flag: local state or ignoring that state files contain secrets.
Tests whether you understand that state binds configuration to real resources and tracks metadata and dependencies. Strong answers cover remote backends with state locking, encryption at rest and in transit, access control, and versioning; warn against VCS storage because it lacks locking and exposes secrets. Red flag: local state files shared via Git or network drives without addressing team concurrency, drift, or the fact that state often contains plaintext secrets.
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