https://github.com/jonbrouse/terraform-style-guide

This repository gives coding conventions for Terraform's HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL).
https://github.com/jonbrouse/terraform-style-guide

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This repository gives coding conventions for Terraform's HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL).

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jonbrouse/terraform-style-guide
• Owner: jonbrouse
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2016-12-02T19:43:16.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-04-26T15:16:19.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-29T06:13:40.786Z (4 months ago)
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• Stars: 119
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 49
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Terraform Style Guide

**Table of Contents**

- [Introduction](#introduction)

- [Syntax](#syntax)

  - [Spacing](#spacing)

  - [Resource Block Alignment](#resource-block-alignment)

  - [Comments](#comments)

  - [Organizing Variables](#organizing-variables)

- [Naming Conventions](#naming-conventions)

  - [File Names](#file-names)

  - [Parameter, Meta-parameter and Variable Naming](#parameter-meta-parameter-and-variable-naming)

  - [Resource Naming](#resource-naming)

- [Policies as Data Sources](#policies-as-data-sources)

## Introduction

This repository gives coding conventions for Terraform's HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Terraform allows infrastructure to be described as code. As such, we should adhere to a style guide to ensure readable and high quality code.

## Syntax

- Strings are in double-quotes.

### Spacing

Use 2 spaces when defining resources except when defining inline policies or other inline resources.

```

resource "aws_iam_role" "iam_role" {

  name = "${var.resource_name}-role"

  assume_role_policy = <