Reference environment variables in .tfvars file

apparentlymart · February 9, 2022, 5:38pm

It isn’t possible to define anything other than static values in a .tfvars file. The TF_VAR_... environment variable convention is the only way to pass variable values to Terraform via the process environment.

Topic		Replies	Views
Use of environment variables in TF files - Terraform cloud HCP Terraform	1	563	November 14, 2019
Is there any way to load secret credentails from .env instead of .tfvars file? Terraform	4	229	August 6, 2025
Use Variable File to Define Body of Local Variable Terraform	2	508	April 9, 2021
Use environment variable with local terraform input file Terraform	4	1365	November 30, 2022
Set values in variables of terraform.tfvars file with Jenkins params Terraform	7	10185	July 22, 2024

Reference environment variables in .tfvars file

Related topics