Sensitive variables in Terraform - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to declare a sensitive variable in Terraform.

Terraform

variable "db_password" {
  type      = string
  [1] = true
}

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Adefault

Bsensitive

Cdescription

Dnullable

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'default' instead of 'sensitive' to hide the value.

Confusing 'description' with sensitivity.

Setting sensitive = true marks the variable as sensitive, hiding its value in outputs and logs.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to assign a sensitive variable value from environment variables.

Terraform

variable "api_key" {
  type      = string
  sensitive = true
}

provider "example" {
  key = var.[1]
}

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Aapi_key

BApiKey

CAPI_KEY

Dapikey

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using uppercase or camelCase variable names incorrectly.

Referencing environment variable names directly instead of Terraform variable.

Terraform variable names are case-sensitive and usually lowercase with underscores. Use var.api_key to reference the variable.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the variable declaration to properly mark it as sensitive.

Terraform

variable "admin_password" {
  type      = string
  sensitive = [1]
}

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A"true"

B1

CTrue

Dtrue

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using quotes around boolean values.

Using uppercase True instead of lowercase true.

The sensitive attribute expects a boolean value true without quotes.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to declare a sensitive variable with a description.

Terraform

variable "token" {
  [1] = string
  [2] = true
  description = "API token for service"
}

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Atype

Bdefault

Csensitive

Dnullable

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'default' instead of 'type'.

Forgetting to mark sensitive as true.

The type defines the variable type, and sensitive = true marks it as sensitive.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a sensitive variable with a default value and description.

Terraform

variable "secret_key" {
  [1] = string
  [2] = true
  [3] = "Default secret key"
}

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Atype

Bsensitive

Cdefault

Ddescription

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Confusing 'description' with 'default'.

Omitting the sensitive flag.

Define the variable type with type, mark it sensitive with sensitive = true, and set a default value with default.