backend consul problem with address flag

[kennyg]

with v0.3 I used to upload the state with:

terraform remote -backend=consul -address=consulhost:8500 -path=release_engineering/terraform/terraform-docker

now with v0.4 and the new remote config command:
terraform remote config -backend='consul' -address='consulhost:8500' -path='release_engineering/terraform/terraform-docker'

I get an error with the help text:
Error parsing CLI flags: flag provided but not defined: -address

[hairmare]

I just ran into this as well. You need to specify the -address flag as follows.

-backend-config="address=consulhost:8500"

The docs probably need updating for v0.4.

[kennyg]

I tried what @hairmare suggested and the remote command didn't recognize the -path argument. I added -backend-config='path=release_engineering/terraform/terraform-docker' and it errors with:
Error initilizing remote state:
It seems I should migrate the 0.3 remote consul state to local storage before upgrading to 0.4 and setting up the remote config.

[phinze]

Thanks for the report @kennyg - @mitchellh can you pick this up in your remote-state issue sweep?

[mitchellh]

Fixed

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