Resource Meta Arguments | Terraform

Meta-arguments in Terraform are special arguments that can be used with resource blocks and modules to control their behavior or influence the infrastructure provisioning process.

They provide additional configuration options beyond the regular resource-specific arguments.

meta-arguments | Terraform

Count

The count meta-argument in Terraform is a powerful feature that allows you to create multiple instances of a resource or module efficiently without duplicating code.

In the count argument within a resource, module, or data block, you provide a whole number that indicates how many instances you want to create or fetch.

Scaling infrastructure effortlessly, whether you need multiple Azure machines or want to retrieve multiple data objects.

Common Use Cases for Count

1. Provisioning of multiple resources of the same kind.
2. Conditional Resource Provisioning.

Azure VM machines where the count meta-argument is based on a list variable.

variable "machine_names" {
  description = "List of names for each VM machines"
  type        = list(string)
  default     = ["ubuntu_server_1", "ubuntu_server_2", "ubuntu_server_3"]
}

resource "azure_machine" "ubuntu_machine" {
   count…