add auth token generation to readme

cloudposse · Oct 6, 2018 · 875d6b2 · 875d6b2
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ It's 100% Open Source and licensed under the [APACHE2](LICENSE).
 Include this repository as a module in your existing terraform code:
 
 ```hcl
+// Generate a random string for auth token, no special chars
+resource "random_string" "auth_token" {
+  length = 64
+  special = false
+}
+
 module "example_redis" {
   source          = "git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-elasticache-redis.git?ref=master"
   namespace       = "general"
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ module "example_redis" {
   zone_id         = "${var.route53_zone_id}"
   security_groups = ["${var.security_group_id}"]
 
-  auth_token                   = "${var.auth_token}"
+  auth_token                   = "${random_string.auth_token.result}"
   vpc_id                       = "${var.vpc_id}"
   subnets                      = "${var.private_subnets}"
   maintenance_window           = "wed:03:00-wed:04:00"
@@ -52,6 +58,10 @@ module "example_redis" {
 
   automatic_failover = "false"
 }
+
+output "auth_token" {
+  value = "${random_string.auth_token.result}"
+}
 ```
 
 

diff --git a/README.yaml b/README.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ usage: |-
   Include this repository as a module in your existing terraform code:
 
   ```hcl
+  // Generate a random string for auth token, no special chars
+  resource "random_string" "auth_token" {
+    length = 64
+    special = false
+  }
+
   module "example_redis" {
     source          = "git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-elasticache-redis.git?ref=master"
     namespace       = "general"
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ usage: |-
     zone_id         = "${var.route53_zone_id}"
     security_groups = ["${var.security_group_id}"]
 
-    auth_token                   = "${var.auth_token}"
+    auth_token                   = "${random_string.auth_token.result}"
     vpc_id                       = "${var.vpc_id}"
     subnets                      = "${var.private_subnets}"
     maintenance_window           = "wed:03:00-wed:04:00"
@@ -59,6 +65,10 @@ usage: |-
 
     automatic_failover = "false"
   }
+
+  output "auth_token" {
+    value = "${random_string.auth_token.result}"
+  }
   ```
 
 examples: |-