Terraform Basics: Resource Blocks

Resource blocks are one of many configuration block types, and they are arguably the most important block type. After all, if Terraform couldn't express resource configurations, it wouldn't be very useful now would it?

Resource blocks follow the simple syntax of the resource keyword to start the block followed by two block labels. The first block label is the resource type as defined by the provider. The second block label is the resource name. Put together, the resource type and name label form the unique identifier of the resource in the configuration.

Inside the curly braces will be a set of arguments in the form of identifier and expression pairs and possibly some nested blocks. The supported arguments and nested blocks are defined by the resource type, but there is a set of meta-arguments that are common to all resources.

This is part of the Terraform Basics series, a set of video created to focus on one aspect of Terraform and explain it in detail. While not a replacement for a full course, if there's something in Terraform that doesn't quite click with you, hopefully Terraform Basics will fill in the gaps.

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🌮 Timestamps:

⌚ 0:00 Intro
⌚ 0:37 Resource Blocks
⌚ 1:44 Resource Type
⌚ 3:26 Name Label
⌚ 5:09 Meta-arguments
⌚ 6:21 Final Thoughts

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