How to do it…

This recipe will be split into three parts, as follows:

1. Configuring local mode execution in Terraform Cloud
2. Generating a new API token
3. Configuring and using the remote backend

For the first part, we will configure local mode execution, as follows:

1. In our new Terraform Cloud workspace (demo-app), go to the Settings | General tab and change the Execution Mode option to Local:

2.  Click the Save settings button to apply these changes.

Now, for the second part, we need to generate a new API token to authenticate with Terraform Cloud. Follow these steps:

1. In the Settings tab of the demoBook organization, go to the API Tokens tab:

2. Scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on the Create an authentication token button to generate a new API token.
3. Keep this generated token safe.

Finally, the last part is to configure and use the remote backend. Follow these steps:

1. In the main.tf file of the Terraform configuration, add...