locals block

This topic provides reference information about the locals block.

Description

The locals and local-variable blocks declare local variables in your Packer configuration.

# locals.pkr.hcl
locals {
    # locals can be bare values like:
    wee = local.baz
    # locals can also be set with other variables :
    baz = "Foo is '${var.foo}' but not '${local.wee}'"
}

# Use the singular local block if you need to mark a local as sensitive
local "mylocal" {
  expression = "${var.secret_api_key}"
  sensitive  = true
}

Refer to the following topics for additional information about using the locals and local-variable blocks:

Local Variables
Input Variables and local variables