Terraform: backends not working on 0.13.X or syntax is changed

[maathor]

I can't manage to make a backend works with 0.13.X terraform version.
Works well on 0.12.29

❯ terraform --version
Terraform v0.13.3

Terraform Configuration Files

**backend.tf**
terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket  = "REMOVED"
    key     = "backend.tfstate"
    region  = "us-east-1"
    encrypt = "true"
  }
}

I also used:

terraform {
  backend "kubernetes" {
    secret_suffix    = "state"
    load_config_file = true
  }
}

Debug Output

Crash Output

2020/09/23 10:05:49 [INFO] Terraform version: 0.13.3  
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [INFO] Go runtime version: go1.14.7
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [INFO] CLI args: []string{"/home/maathor/bin/.tfenv/versions/0.13.3/terraform", "init", "-backend-config=backend.tf"}
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] Attempting to open CLI config file: /home/maathor/.terraformrc
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] File doesn't exist, but doesn't need to. Ignoring.
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory terraform.d/plugins
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /home/maathor/.terraform.d/plugins
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /home/maathor/.local/share/terraform/plugins
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /usr/share/plasma/terraform/plugins
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /usr/local/share/terraform/plugins
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /usr/share/terraform/plugins
2020/09/23 10:05:49 [INFO] CLI command args: []string{"init", "-backend-config=backend.tf"}

Expected Behavior

Init should be well.

Actual Behavior

Terrafom can't initialize my project, get tfstates

Steps to Reproduce

1. `terraform init -backend-config=backend.tf`

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[jbardin]

Hi @maathor

The backend configuration file should only contain the backend key value pairs, not the entire terraform block.

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Based on the information you've provided, it looks like this doesn't represent a specific bug or feature request, even though I understand that Terraform isn't doing what you expect it to, and so I'm going to close it. Please do feel free to ask your question in the community forum. Thanks!

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