Data

The data block allows fetching static data from different sources known as data_providers. Common providers include examples like environment variables, file sources, or an external secrets manager, like Hashicorp Vault or Google Secret Manager.

A basic data block looks like this:

data "provider_name" "id" {
    ...
    default = "???"
}

Here, the data block uses the provider, provider_name to retrieve information. The retrieved value will be stored, and can be accessed data.provider_name.id.value.

Data Providers

Built-in providers

Parameters for the data block depends on the type of the provider. Supported buit-in providers are:

• data.env: Environment Variable Provider
• data.prompt: Interactive user CLI prompt
• data.file: Read data from a file

Refer to the documentation by the provider type, for more information on the supported attributes.