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Last active March 14, 2023 23:43
A hacky way to create a dynamic list of maps in Terraform
# The goal: create a list of maps of subnet mappings so we don't have to statically hard-code them in aws_lb
# https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/lb.html#subnet_mapping
locals {
# These represent dynamic data we fetch from somewhere, such as subnet IDs and EIPs from a VPC module
subnet_ids = ["subnet-1", "subnet-2", "subnet-3"]
eips = ["eip-1", "eip-2", "eip-3"]
}
# Here's the hack! The null_resource has a map called triggers that we can set to arbitrary values.
# We can also use count to create a list of null_resources. By accessing the triggers map inside of