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aws AWS: aws_caller_identity docs-aws-datasource-caller-identity Get information about the identity of the caller for the provider connection to AWS.

aws_caller_identity

Use this data source to get the access to the effective Account ID in which Terraform is working.

~> NOTE on aws_caller_identity: - an Account ID is only available if skip_requesting_account_id is not set on the AWS provider. In such cases, the data source will return an error.

Example Usage

data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}

output "account_id" {
  value = "${data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id}"
}

Argument Reference

There are no arguments available for this data source.

Attributes Reference

account_id is set to the ID of the AWS account.