terraform-random-separator

Create a random separator string in HashiCorp Terraform.

This configuration uses the terraform_remote_state datasource and native functions in Terraform to output a randomized string value name, of a length determined by a separate Terraform Cloud workspace configured to use https://github.com/vaficionado/terraform-random-integer as its source.

To adjust the length of the integer, adjust the min and max values in https://github.com/vaficionado/terraform-random-integer/blob/master/main.tf

To adjust the separator configuration (length, character types, etc) adjust the special, upper, lower, and number values in main.tf

The function returns a single string output of separator and requires two workspace variables to be configured as follows:

• organization : the name of the Terraform Cloud organization where the workspaces are configured
• length-workspace : the name of the Terraform Cloud workspace where the integer output can be obtained (typically linked to https://github.com/vaficionado/terraform-random-integer)

Note that the string value in outputs.tf is customized using string interpolation to add - characters before and after the randomly generated string. This can be changed by removing the interpolation syntax around random_string.separator.result

For more information on how to link this configuration to a Terraform Cloud workspace, see this blog post: https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/using-terraform-cloud-and-version-control-systems/