Centralizing Terraform Environment Variables in AWS Parameter Store
Teams using Terraform with AWS face cost and complexity tradeoffs when managing environment variables across Secrets Manager and Parameter Store. Centralizing all configuration in Parameter Store reduces costs but introduces questions about security and IAC integration patterns. There is no clear standard tooling for unified secrets and config management in Terraform workflows.
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