
How to set Terraform Variables in Windows?

Terraform will read environment variables in the form of TF_VAR_name to find the value for a variable. For example, the TF_VAR_region variable can be set to set the region variable.
- Command to set ENV var in Linux: export TF_VAR_reponame
- Command to set ENV var in Windows: set TF_VAR_reponame
# Content of terraform-variable-env-tf_vars.tf | |
provider "github" { | |
token = "" | |
organization = "devopsschool-sample-projects" | |
} | |
variable reponame {} | |
resource "github_repository" "example" { | |
name = "${var.reponame}" | |
description = "My awesome codebase" | |
private = false | |
} | |
# terraform apply |










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