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template	Template: cloudinit_multipart	docs-template-resource-cloudinit-config	Renders a multi-part cloud-init config from source files.

template_cloudinit_config

Renders a multi-part cloud-init config from source files.

Example Usage

# Render a part using a `template_file`
resource "template_file" "script" {
  template = "${file("${path.module}/init.tpl")}"

  vars {
    consul_address = "${aws_instance.consul.private_ip}"
  }
}

# Render a multi-part cloudinit config making use of the part
# above, and other source files
resource "template_cloudinit_config" "config" {
  gzip          = true
  base64_encode = true

  # Setup hello world script to be called by the cloud-config
  part {
    filename     = "init.cfg"
    content_type = "text/part-handler"
    content      = "${template_file.script.rendered}"
  }

  part {
    content_type = "text/x-shellscript"
    content      = "baz"
  }

  part {
    content_type = "text/x-shellscript"
    content      = "ffbaz"
  }
}

# Start an AWS instance with the cloudinit config as user data
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
  ami           = "ami-d05e75b8"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"
  user_data     = "${template_cloudinit_config.config.rendered}"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• gzip - (Optional) Specify whether or not to gzip the rendered output.

• base64_encode - (Optional) Base64 encoding of the rendered output.

• part - (Required) One may specify this many times, this creates a fragment of the rendered cloud-init config file. The order of the parts is maintained in the configuration is maintained in the rendered template.

The part block supports:

• filename - (Optional) Filename to save part as.

• content_type - (Optional) Content type to send file as.

• content - (Required) Body for the part.

• merge_type - (Optional) Gives the ability to merge multiple blocks of cloud-config together.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• rendered - The final rendered multi-part cloudinit config.