Decide on Terraform Version

Different versions of Terraform have different features and compatibility, thus We need to decide on the best Terraform version to use to avoid issues and maintain consistency across modules and components.

Problem

Our terraform modules and components strive to be on the latest version, but with hundreds of modules and components, there’s sometimes a delay before we get the chance to verify support.

Considerations

tip

DevOps Accelerator recommends using the latest 1.x version of Terraform

Prior to terraform 1.x, the version of terraform was a big deal due to backward compatibility issues between minor releases.