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+resource "aws_s3_bucket" "terraform_backend_bucket" {
+      bucket = "terraform-state-b8er8si0k2du2h1i5dep3xcklp0x0je0rqjpk6ljtpn32"
+}
+
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    aws =  {
+    source = "hashicorp/aws"
+    version = ">= 2.7.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+