https://www.terraform.io/

terraform apply input array parameters

variables.tf

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variable "brands" {
  type = "list"
  default = []
}

To pass in variable via command line

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$ terraform apply -var='brands=["apple","samsung","huawei"]'
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Run terraform directly from docker container

Pull the image

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$ docker pull hashicorp/terraform:light

Then run it this way

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$ cd /path/to/tf_scripts
$ docker run -i -t -v "$PWD:/tf_scripts" hashicorp/terraform:light plan /tf_scripts/
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Run terraform in detached state

Can be used for debugging

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$ docker run -d -it --name terraform --entrypoint "/usr/bin/tail" -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace hashicorp/terraform:${TAG} sh tail -f /dev/null
$ docker exec -it terraform sh

To remove the container

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$ docker stop terraform
$ docker rm terraform
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