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Variables

Input variables serve as parameters for a Terraform module.

When used in the root module of a configuration, variables can be set from CLI arguments and environment variables. For child modules, they allow values to pass from parent to child.

Input variable usage is introduced in the Getting Started guide section Input Variables.

This page assumes you're familiar with the configuration syntax already.

Example

Input variables can be defined as follows:

variable "key" {
  type = "string"
}

variable "images" {
  type = "map"

  default = {
    us-east-1 = "image-1234"
    us-west-2 = "image-4567"
  }
}

variable "zones" {
  default = ["us-east-1a", "us-east-1b"]
}

Description

The variable block configures a single input variable for a Terraform module. Each block declares a single variable.

The name given in the block header is used to assign a value to the variable via the CLI and to reference the variable elsewhere in the configuration.

Within the block body (between { }) is configuration for the variable, which accepts the following arguments:

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