Appendix: Terraform attribute access examples - AWS Prescriptive Guidance
ResourceData sourceModuleVariableLocal

Appendix: Terraform attribute access examples

Resource

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "myS3Bucket" {
     bucket = "my-s3-bucket"
}

bucketName = aws_s3_bucket.myS3Bucket.bucket

Data source

data "aws_s3_bucket" "myS3Bucket" {
     bucket = "my-s3-bucket"
}

bucketName = data.aws_s3_bucket.myS3Bucket.bucket

Module

module "eks" {
    source = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
    version = "20.2.1"
}

vpc_id = module.eks.vpc_id

Variable

variable "my_variable" = {
   default = "dog"
}

animalType = var.my_variable

Local

locals {
  type = "dog"
}

animalType = local.type