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Mastering HCL for Terraform: Essential Guide to Configuration Language

February 1, 2024
Posted by Luca Berton
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Introduction to HCL HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) is the bedrock of Terraform, an increasingly popular infrastructure as code tool. Understanding HCL is crucial for anyone looking to harness the full potential of Terraform. This article delves into the essentials of HCL, covering data types, blocks, attributes, functions, conditional statements, and resource dependencies. Data Types in HCL HCL supports various data types that are fundamental to defining infrastructure: String: Represents textual data.