Terraform: config in json format (config.tf.json) does not work

[jcortega]

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.9.1

Affected Resource(s)

• terraform config

Terraform Configuration Files

{
    "terraform": {
        "backend": {
            "s3": {
                "bucket": "jerome-dev",
                "key": "terraform-backend/1/1/tfstate",
                "region": "us-west-2",
                "lock_table": "DynamoDBTABLE"
            }
        }
    }
}

Expected Behavior

s3 as backend should work

Actual Behavior

• defaults to local backend instead of s3
• equivalent HCL form works

Steps to Reproduce

Please list the steps required to reproduce the issue, for example:

1. create config.tf.json
2. terraform init
3. terraform apply

[mitchellh]

It works if you wrap the value of "terraform" and "backend" in array brackets [.

This is still a bug, but just noting you can get it to work now.

{
    "terraform": [{
        "backend": [{
            "s3": {
                "bucket": "jerome-dev",
                "key": "terraform-backend/1/1/tfstate",
                "region": "us-west-2",
                "lock_table": "DynamoDBTABLE"
            }
        }]
    }]
}

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