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Multiple Environments Example

Two ways to handle dev/staging/prod:

One project, multiple envs (tfvars + configurations)​

Use one infrastructure project and switch envs with --configuration=dev or --configuration=prod. You add tfvars and a configurations block in project.json so each configuration uses the right var file.

→ Tutorial 3: Multiple environments with tfvars

That tutorial shows:

  • Adding tfvars/dev.tfvars and tfvars/prod.tfvars
  • Adding terraform-plan (and terraform-destroy) options.args with -var-file and configurations.dev / configurations.prod in project.json
  • Running nx run terraform-infra:terraform-plan --configuration=prod and apply

Separate project per environment​

Use one Nx project per environment (e.g. dev-infra, prod-infra) with separate state and nx run dev-infra:... / nx run prod-infra:....

Quick version:

nx g nx-terraform:terraform-module dev-infra --backendProject=terraform-setup
nx g nx-terraform:terraform-module prod-infra --backendProject=terraform-setup
# Add variables/tfvars in each, then:
nx run dev-infra:terraform-apply
nx run prod-infra:terraform-apply

For patterns and using args with -var-file, see the Configuration guide.