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nmakb
nmakb

Reputation: 1245

create resource in terraform conditionally

I want to be able to create a resource depending on if a resource with the same name exists or not. count can be used to conditionally create the resource but how do I check for the existence of a resource by name in terraform?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1234

Answers (1)

Marcin
Marcin

Reputation: 239000

ow do I check for the existence of a resource by name in terraform?

You can't, as there is no build in functionality in TF to check for pre-existing resources. But you can develop your own external data source to do that. Since its a fully custom data source, you can program it to check for the existence of your resources, and use that information later in your TF config files.

Upvotes: 2

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