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+terraform {
+  backend "s3" {
+    bucket         = "inf-tfstate-229685449397"
+    key            = "csvd-dev-gov/common/apps/aws-image-pipeline-demo"
+    region         = "us-gov-east-1"
+    dynamodb_table = "tf_remote_state"
+  }
+}