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+# configure S3 Buckect
+resource "aws_s3_bucket" "terraform_state" {
+    bucket = "mys3-bucket-terraform-state"
+    versioning {
+        enabled = true
+    } 
+    server_side_encryption_configuration { //make sure the state file is ecrypted
+        rule {
+            apply_server_side_encryption_by_default {
+                sse_algorithm     = "AES256"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+# setup a locking mechanism so that only one user can make changes at a given time --use DynamoDB table 
+resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "terraform_DynamoDb-Example" {
+      name             = "terraform-State-Locking"
+      hash_key         = "LockID"
+      billing_mode     = "PAY_PER_REQUEST"
+      attribute {
+            name       = "LockID"
+            type       = "S"
+    }
+}
+
+ 
+# setup the backend - first run the terraform apply without the below configure..comment it out first,
+# then run another init  to migrate from local to  S3 the backend
+terraform {
+  backend "s3" {
+    bucket              = "mys3-bucket-terraform-state"
+    key                 = "global/S3/ynwa-website.tfstate"  //path  i want to use for my state file
+    region              = "us-east-1"
+    dynamodb_table      = "terraform-State-Locking"
+    encrypt             =  true
+    profile             = "terraform-user"
+  }
+}