GitHub Actions can run a full Terraform workflow, but the “happy path” is only part of the story. Once multiple contributors, environments, and production controls enter the picture, the details around auth, state, approvals, and concurrency become the difference between a reliable pipeline and an incident generator.
In the full guide, we break down:
- A practical pipeline shape for Terraform in Actions (format/validate → plan on PR → apply on merge)
- How to handle credentials securely (and why this matters more than the YAML itself)
- State management and locking considerations so parallel runs don’t step on each other
- Guardrails you’ll want as you scale: approvals, environment separation, and drift awareness
- Common pitfalls teams hit when they run Terraform via a general-purpose CI system
➡️ Read the full article on our blog: https://spacelift.io/blog/github-actions-terraform
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Why do we promote using GH Secrets to store long-term AWS credentials instead of using IAM roles integrated with OIDC which uses short-term temporary credentials? Please refer this blog.