diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8a0726..d056e63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
 
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Crash log files
+crash.log
+crash.*.log
+
+# Exclude all .tfvars files, which are likely to contain sensitive data, such as
+# password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of version 
+# control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and subject 
+# to change depending on the environment.
+*.tfvars
+*.tfvars.json
+
+# Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
+# are not checked in
+override.tf
+override.tf.json
+*_override.tf
+*_override.tf.json
+
+# Ignore CLI configuration files
+.terraformrc
+terraform.rc
+
+# Ignore Build Binaries
 *.exe
-*tfstate*