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Terraform: Variables in Terraform

Terraform : Deployment Automation

➤ Variables are necessary to parameterizing our deployments


using Terraform.
➤ Input Variables enable user to pass in configuration values at
the time of deployment.
➤ Using Terraform Input Variables is one way of deploying
development, staging, or production environments using the
same Terraform resource declarations, with slightly different
configuration.
Terraform : Deployment Automation

➤ Define Input Variables -


➤ Terraform Input Variables are defined using a variable block
that defines the variable name and other option parameters for
the variable. These variable blocks can be place in any .tf file
within your Terraform project, but a common location used is
within a file named variables.tf.
➤ Input Variable Definition
➤ The variable block is defined with the variable keyword
followed by the name of the Input Variable. Also, the required
type property must be added to define the data type of the
variable; such as string, number, object, or other supported
data types.
Terraform : Deployment Automation

variable "environment" {
type = string
}

variable "location" {
type = string
default = "eastus"
description = "The Azure Region to deploy resources."
}
Terraform : Deployment Automation

➤ Input Variable Conditions -


➤ When defining Input Variables for a Terraform project, the
Input Variable can have a custom validation rules defined. The
custom validation rules for an Input Variable are defined by
adding a validation block within the variable block for the
Input Variable.
variable "location" {
type = string
description = "The Azure Region to deploy resources."

validation {
condition = contains(["eastus", "westus"], lower(var.location))
error_message = "Unsupported Azure Region specified. Supported regions
include: eastus, westus"
}
}
Terraform : Deployment Automation

➤ Input Variable Types -


➤ Primitive Types - Terraform supports three primitive types for Input
Variables. string, number, bool
➤ Complex Types - Complex types allow you to group multiple values
together into a single variable. Collection types, Structural types.
➤ Collection Types - A collection of multiple values grouped together as a
single value.
➤ list(...) – A sequence of values identified by an index starting with
zero.
➤ map(...) – A collection of values; each with a string label identifier.
➤ set(...) – A collection of unique values without any secondary
identifiers or ordering.
Terraform : Deployment Automation

➤ Input Variable Types -


➤ Structural Types - A collection of multiple values of several
distinct types grouped together as a single value.
➤ object(...) – A collection of values each with their own type.
➤ tuple(...) – A sequence of values each with their own type.
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