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Output Configuration

Outputs define values that will be highlighted to the user when Terraform applies, and can be queried easily using the output command. Output usage is covered in more detail in the getting started guide. This page covers configuration syntax for outputs.

Terraform knows a lot about the infrastructure it manages. Most resources have a handful or even a dozen or more attributes associated with it. Outputs are a way to easily extract information.

This page assumes you're familiar with the configuration syntax already.

Example

An output configuration looks like the following:

output "address" {
	value = "${aws_instance.web.public_dns}"
}

Decription

The output block configures a single output variable. Multiple output variables can be configured with multiple output blocks. The NAME given to the output block is the name used to reference the output variable.

Within the block (the { }) is configuration for the output. These are the parameters that can be set:

• value (required, string) - The value of the output. This must be a string. This usually includes an interpolation since outputs that are static aren't usually useful.

Syntax

The full syntax is:

output NAME {
	value = VALUE
}