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May 7, 2025

Guide for Platform Engineers: How to Break Down Terraform and OpenTofu Monoliths [Video]

By
Sebastian Stadil

Got large state files? Or trying to break down a terraform or opentofu monolith?

Platform engineer Mike Hodgkins provides sensible guidance in this talk on how to approach a refactoring for production code used by many teammates.

Part of a CNCF series.

Note: While this blog references Terraform, everything mentioned in here also applies to OpenTofu. New to OpenTofu? It is a fork of Terraform 1.5.7 as a result of the license change from MPL to BUSL by HashiCorp. OpenTofu is an open-source alternative to Terraform that is governed by the Linux Foundation. All features available in Terraform 1.5.7 or earlier are also available in OpenTofu. Find out the history of OpenTofu here.

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