diff --git a/bootstrap/terraform/main.tf b/bootstrap/terraform/main.tf
index a39f4760..3253aeaa 100644
--- a/bootstrap/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/bootstrap/terraform/main.tf
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}
 data "aws_availability_zones" "available" {}
 
 locals {
-  name   = "crossplane-blueprints"
-  region = "us-east-1"
+  name   = var.name
+  region = var.region
 
-  cluster_version = "1.30"
-  capacity_type   = "SPOT"
+  cluster_version = var.cluster_version
   cluster_name    = local.name
 
   vpc_name = local.name
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ module "eks" {
   eks_managed_node_groups = {
     initial = {
       instance_types = ["m6i.large", "m5.large", "m5n.large", "m5zn.large"]
-      capacity_type  = local.capacity_type # defaults to SPOT
+      capacity_type  = var.capacity_type # defaults to SPOT
       min_size       = 1
       max_size       = 5
       desired_size   = 3
diff --git a/bootstrap/terraform/variables.tf b/bootstrap/terraform/variables.tf
index dcb32b0f..110197fe 100644
--- a/bootstrap/terraform/variables.tf
+++ b/bootstrap/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 # Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+variable "region" {
+  description = "AWS region"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+variable "name" {
+  description = "EKS Cluster Name and the VPC name"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "crossplane-blueprints"
+}
+
+variable "cluster_version" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Kubernetes Version"
+  default     = "1.30"
+}
+
+variable "capacity_type" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Capacity SPOT or ON_DEMAND"
+  default     = "SPOT"
+}
+
 variable "enable_upjet_aws_provider" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Installs the upjet aws provider"
diff --git a/bootstrap/terraform/versions.tf b/bootstrap/terraform/versions.tf
index 0982c820..b82daba3 100644
--- a/bootstrap/terraform/versions.tf
+++ b/bootstrap/terraform/versions.tf
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ terraform {
       version = ">= 2.13"
     }
   }
+
+  # ##  Used for end-to-end testing on project; update to suit your needs
+  # backend "s3" {
+  #   bucket = "terraform-crossplane-on-eks-github-actions-state"
+  #   region = "us-east-1"
+  #   key    = "e2e/bootstrap/terraform/terraform.tfstate"
+  # }
 }