I had scenario with Terraform to deploy resources based on the value given in variables. This is also an example of count and if condition. When you use count inside the resource block and if value is mentioned 0 that resource will not be deployed. Now I am giving the count number programmatically using if condition. If env value in var is dev, it will give me count 1 and resource will be deployed. Lets check this through demo below.
#main.tf - Conditionally create resources in Terraform example # We strongly recommend using the required_providers block to set the # Azure Provider source and version being used terraform { required_providers { azurerm = { source = "hashicorp/azurerm" version = ">=3.0.0" } } } # Configure the Microsoft Azure Provider provider "azurerm" { features {} } variable "env" { type = string } resource "azurerm_resource_group" "rg" { count = "${var.env == "dev" ? 1 : 0}" #if count is 0 means it will not create a resource. If env -eq dev means count 1, or else 0 which will deploy resource accordingly name = "${var.env}-RG" location = "West US" }
To make it understand, If I use env=prod in var, in the count value will be 0 for resources, No changes are applied in your infrastructure.
terraform apply --auto-approve -var="env=prod"
In second example I will use env=dev in var, the count will be 1 for resources, it will deploy the 1 resource as you can see in the screenshot.
terraform apply --auto-approve -var="env=prod"
I have tested the same with already applied resource, It will show the current configuration but no changes are required.
Caution: But once you deploy the resource , and try to deploy other resource with different var value in count, it will destroy the deployed dev resource.
terrafrom apply --auto-approve -var="env=prod"
After deployment incase if you are trying to run different var in same state. make sure you remove the state if not required. Then use different variables.
terraform state list terraform state rm azure_resource_group.rg[0]
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