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Enterprise Terraform Module Architecture: DRY State Management, Remote Backends & Terragrunt

Structuring multi-environment infrastructure code across dev, staging, and production with AWS S3/DynamoDB state locking and OIDC authentication.

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Enterprise Terraform Module Architecture: DRY State Management, Remote Backends & Terragrunt

Enterprise Terraform & Terragrunt Architecture

Managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) across dozens of cloud accounts without duplicating HCL code requires Terragrunt and modular Terraform design patterns.

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๐Ÿ“‚ Recommended Directory Layout


โ”œโ”€โ”€ modules/

โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ aws-vpc/

โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ aws-eks/

โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ azure-aks/

โ””โ”€โ”€ live/

    โ”œโ”€โ”€ dev/

    โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ terragrunt.hcl

    โ””โ”€โ”€ prod/

        โ””โ”€โ”€ terragrunt.hcl

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