Commit .tfvars files

[jamesgeddes]

The Terraform template^{1, 2} is currently set to ignore all .tfvars files.

# Exclude all .tfvars files, which are likely to contain sensitive data, such as
# password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of version
# control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and subject
# to change depending on the environment.
*.tfvars
*.tfvars.json

Examples provided by Terraform Best Practices show that it is recommended to,

• use a committed terraform.tfvars file to provide non-sensitive configuration values for an environment.
• store secrets in a secrets manager, keeping them away from git altogether.

This ensures modularity and scalability.

Allow terraform.tfvars files to be included in a repo.