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Writing Terraform Configurations
When you start writing Terraform configurations, you will notice very quickly that the language provided by Terraform is very rich and allows for a lot of manipulation.
In the recipes in this chapter, you will learn how to use the Terraform language effectively to apply it to real-life business scenarios. We will discuss how to use providers by specifying their version, and adding aliases to use multiple instances of the same provider. Then we will discuss how to make the code more dynamic with variables and outputs, and we will consider the use of built-in functions and conditions.
Finally, we will learn how to add dependencies between resources, add custom checks with pre- and postconditions, and check the ...
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