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layout: "template"
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page_title: "Provider: Template"
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sidebar_current: "docs-template-index"
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description: |-
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The Template provider is used to template strings for other Terraform resources.
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---
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# Template Provider
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The template provider exposes resources to use templates to generate
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strings for other Terraform resources or outputs.
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The template provider is what we call a _logical provider_. This has no
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impact on how it behaves, but conceptually it is important to understand.
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The template provider doesn't manage any _physical_ resources; it isn't
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creating servers, writing files, etc. It is used to generate attributes that
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can be used for interpolation for other resources. Examples will explain
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this best.
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Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.
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## Example Usage
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```
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# Template for initial configuration bash script
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resource "template_file" "init" {
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template = "${file("init.tpl")}"
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vars {
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consul_address = "${aws_instance.consul.private_ip}"
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}
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}
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# Create a web server
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resource "aws_instance" "web" {
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# ...
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user_data = "${template_file.init.rendered}"
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}
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```
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