In terraform, is it possible to only add an optional resource argument if a particular variable is set












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On my concrete example:



I want to create a rancher environment resource with preconfigured members. But the number of members is supposed to be depending on a variable list. I'd imaging something like



resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
name = "renv"
project_template_id = "atmplid"

member {
count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
external_id_type = "exttype"
role = "owner"
}
}


This obviously doesn't work. Is there a trick to achieve this behaviour?










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    On my concrete example:



    I want to create a rancher environment resource with preconfigured members. But the number of members is supposed to be depending on a variable list. I'd imaging something like



    resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
    name = "renv"
    project_template_id = "atmplid"

    member {
    count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
    external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
    external_id_type = "exttype"
    role = "owner"
    }
    }


    This obviously doesn't work. Is there a trick to achieve this behaviour?










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      On my concrete example:



      I want to create a rancher environment resource with preconfigured members. But the number of members is supposed to be depending on a variable list. I'd imaging something like



      resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
      name = "renv"
      project_template_id = "atmplid"

      member {
      count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
      external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
      external_id_type = "exttype"
      role = "owner"
      }
      }


      This obviously doesn't work. Is there a trick to achieve this behaviour?










      share|improve this question
















      On my concrete example:



      I want to create a rancher environment resource with preconfigured members. But the number of members is supposed to be depending on a variable list. I'd imaging something like



      resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
      name = "renv"
      project_template_id = "atmplid"

      member {
      count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
      external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
      external_id_type = "exttype"
      role = "owner"
      }
      }


      This obviously doesn't work. Is there a trick to achieve this behaviour?







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      edited Nov 22 '18 at 12:54









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          You can use null_resource for this. Try this



          resource "null_resource" "memberlist" {
          count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
          triggers {
          external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
          external_id_type = "exttype"
          role = "owner"
          }
          }

          resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
          name = "renv"
          project_template_id = "atmplid"

          member = ["${null_resource.memberlist.*.triggers}"]
          }





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            At long last, Terraform has just released v0.12.0-alpha1, which contains a more elegant way of solving this exact problem.






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              You can use null_resource for this. Try this



              resource "null_resource" "memberlist" {
              count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
              triggers {
              external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
              external_id_type = "exttype"
              role = "owner"
              }
              }

              resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
              name = "renv"
              project_template_id = "atmplid"

              member = ["${null_resource.memberlist.*.triggers}"]
              }





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                You can use null_resource for this. Try this



                resource "null_resource" "memberlist" {
                count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
                triggers {
                external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
                external_id_type = "exttype"
                role = "owner"
                }
                }

                resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
                name = "renv"
                project_template_id = "atmplid"

                member = ["${null_resource.memberlist.*.triggers}"]
                }





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                  You can use null_resource for this. Try this



                  resource "null_resource" "memberlist" {
                  count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
                  triggers {
                  external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
                  external_id_type = "exttype"
                  role = "owner"
                  }
                  }

                  resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
                  name = "renv"
                  project_template_id = "atmplid"

                  member = ["${null_resource.memberlist.*.triggers}"]
                  }





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                  You can use null_resource for this. Try this



                  resource "null_resource" "memberlist" {
                  count = "${length(var.memberlist)}"
                  triggers {
                  external_id = "${var.memberlist[count.index]}"
                  external_id_type = "exttype"
                  role = "owner"
                  }
                  }

                  resource "rancher_environment" "renv" {
                  name = "renv"
                  project_template_id = "atmplid"

                  member = ["${null_resource.memberlist.*.triggers}"]
                  }






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                      At long last, Terraform has just released v0.12.0-alpha1, which contains a more elegant way of solving this exact problem.






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                        At long last, Terraform has just released v0.12.0-alpha1, which contains a more elegant way of solving this exact problem.






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