Outputs & Data Sources

Expose values and query existing resources

Outputs & Data Sources

Data Sources

hcl

data "azurerm_resource_group" "existing" {
  name = "existing-rg"
}

resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "main" {
  location            = data.azurerm_resource_group.existing.location
  resource_group_name = data.azurerm_resource_group.existing.name
}

Use data sources to query existing infrastructure without managing it in Terraform.

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#1Data sources use data. prefix

#2Use data sources for existing infrastructure

#3Outputs with sensitive = true are masked

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data "azurerm_resource_group" "networking" {
  name = "networking-rg"
}

output "rg_location" {
  value = data.azurerm_resource_group.networking.location
}

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