UUID

RandomUUID

The random_uuid resource allows the creation of random UUIDs.

resource "random_uuid" "name" {
  ...
}

Attributes

Computed Attributes

These attributes are computed when the config is parsed and applied, and are
therefore only known at parsetime or runtime.

Attribute	Description
Meta ID meta.id string	The full ID of the resource e.g. resource.type.name. This is computed from the full resource path: // given the following resource
resource “container” “ubuntu” {
…
}

// the resulting id will be resource.container.ubuntu | |

Meta Type meta.type

string

|

The type of the resource.
This taken from the type label of the resource definition.

// given the following resource
resource “container” “ubuntu” {
…
}

// the resulting type will be
container

| |

Meta Name meta.name

string

|

The name of the resource.
This taken from the name label of the resource definition.

// given the following resource
resource “container” “ubuntu” {
…
}

// the resulting name will be
ubuntu

| |

Value value

type: string

| The generated random UUID. |

Examples

resource "random_uuid" "uuid" {}

output "uuid" {
    value = resource.random_uuid.uuid.value
}