Terraform cloud with S3 backend

[shantanugadgil]

Hi,
Is there a plan to allow users to use Terraform Cloud for plan/apply, but store the tfstate in a different remote location like s3/gcs/etc.

something like:

Terraform Cloud Ignores Backend

Hi @alchemist_ubi, When you are using Terraform Cloud, the backend is always forced to be the remote backend with the hostname set to app.terraform.io, and the state is always stored in the Terraform Cloud state storage. That’s by design: the other backend types are there for folks who are using Terraform CLI outside of Terraform Cloud. Normally when using Terraform Cloud we’d expect to see a backend "remote" block so that a local terraform plan or terraform apply (outside of Terraform Cloud) …

@apparentlymart