Templatefile Function
Explore how the templatefile function in Terraform enables dynamic and flexible file configurations by passing runtime variables into templates. Understand how to define placeholders and replace them with expressions or resource attributes. This lesson helps you create cleaner, maintainable Terraform configurations that adapt based on variable input values.
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templatefile
Sometimes we want to use a file but do not know all of the values before we run the project. Other times, the values are dynamic and generated as a result of a created resource. To use dynamic values in a file, we need to use the templatefile function.
The templatefile function allows us to define placeholders in a template file and then pass their
values at runtime.
Project example
Let’s dive into a simple example to see how it works. Clicking the “Run” button will run terraform init and then ...