Variables and Outputs
Learn to use input variables to make your configurations flexible and reusable, and output values to extract important information from your deployed infrastructure.
Flexible Configurations
Terraform allows you to define your infrastructure as code. But what if you want to reuse your code for different environments or settings?
This is where variables and outputs come in. They make your configurations flexible and easy to manage.
Input Variables: Flexibility
Input variables act like parameters for your Terraform configurations. They let you customize aspects of your infrastructure without changing the core code.
- Avoids hardcoding values directly in your configuration.
- Makes your modules and configurations reusable.
- Allows different values for different environments (e.g., dev vs. prod).
All lessons in this course
- Providers and Resources
- Variables and Outputs
- State Management Fundamentals
- Modules and Code Reuse