You can setup remote backends which support locking (e.g. Azure storage, Amazon S3, etc..) that way it's automatic. You can see a list on the left-hand side he

You can setup remote backends which support locking (e.g. Azure storage, Amazon S3, etc..) that way it's automatic. You can see a list on the left-hand side here: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/settings/backends/remote https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/settings/...