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HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) Exam Guide

You're reading from   HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) Exam Guide Prepare to pass the Terraform Associate exam on your first attempt

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804618844
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Manjunath H. Gowda Manjunath H. Gowda
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Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran
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Preface 1. Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Concepts 2. Why Do We Need Terraform? FREE CHAPTER 3. Basics of Terraform and Core Workflow 4. Terraform Commands and State Management 5. Terraform Modules 6. Terraform Backends and Resource Management 7. Debugging and Troubleshooting Terraform 8. Terraform Functions 9. Understanding HCP Terraform’s Capabilities 10. Miscellaneous Topics 11. Accessing the Online Practice Resources 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

The dynamic {} block

The dynamic {} block is a special type of block that can be used to generate nested blocks instead of a value. This is different from the for_each expression, which dynamically sets the expression value based on the input complex type.

The dynamic {} block creates a nested block for special resources, data sources, providers, or provisioner blocks that might accept repeatable nested blocks. A very good example of possible usage is DynamoDB table creation using Terraform.

AWS DynamoDB is a non-relational NoSQL database service; it can accept multiple attribute blocks, and these blocks can be automatically constructed using the dynamic {} block if the values can be passed from a complex type variable.

The following configuration snippet uses the dynamic block to define a DynamoDB table with the AccountId and AccountName attributes:

resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "account-table" {
  name      ...
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