Terraform data source: data

• https://www.terraform.io/docs/language/data-sources/index.html

Available since 2016

TOMERGE: Terraform data sources

• Terraform AWS data sources (more than 300)
  • aws_caller_identity

• Data sources: template_file, template
• data block

Example

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/ami

data "aws_ami" "myexample" {
  most_recent = true

  owners = ["self"]
  tags = {
    Name   = "app-server"
    Tested = "true"
  }
}

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/vpc

data "aws_vpc" "selected" {
  id = var.my_vpc_id
}

data "template_file" "my-secret" {
  template = aws_iam_access_key.my_new_user.encrypted_secret
}

Related terms

• Terraform AWS
• Terraform: output
• Terraform: plural data source
• data.

See also

• AWS Data sources: aws_region, aws_vpc, aws_caller_identity, aws_availability_zones, aws_eip, aws_flow_log, template_file, aws_ami
• Terraform data sources: aws_vpc, template_file, aws_subnet_ids, terraform remote state, aws_eks_cluster, aws_ami, aws_availability_zones, aws_partition
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