data.env

The env data provider fetches the variable from the environment before the execution of the pipeline happens. If the specified environment variable is undefined, falls back to the default value specified in the data.env block, else returns an empty string.

Reading an environment variable

data "env" "user" {
  key = "USER"
  default = "me"
}

Arguments Reference

• key: The environment variable key which needs to be fetched from os.environ
• default: Fallback definition, which will be returned if os.environ[key] is undefined.

Attributes Reference

• [value]: The value from the environment variable defined in key