Terraform Locals: How, When and Why to use locals

In the ever-evolving landscape of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform stands tall as one of the leading tools for provisioning and managing cloud resources. Terraform’s flexibility and robustness are often attributed to its wide array of features and functions, and among them, Terraform Locals emerge as a valuable gem. In…

25/09/2023 Article Bloggers Chris Pietschmann

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