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+## Initializes Tf backend to use S3, create s3 bucket first.
+
+# terraform {
+#   backend "s3" {
+#     bucket         = "hotosm-tm-terraform-statefiles"
+#     dynamodb_table = "hotosm-tm-terraform-locks"
+#     key            = "terraform.state"
+#     region         = "ap-south-1"
+#   }
+# }
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