Sensitive variable handling 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

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'default' instead of 'sensitive' hides the value incorrectly.

Confusing 'description' with sensitivity setting.

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

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to output a sensitive variable without revealing its value.

Terraform

output "db_password" {
  value     = var.db_password
  [1] = true
}

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Adescription

Bexported

Csensitive

Dhidden

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'hidden' which is not a valid Terraform output property.

Omitting the sensitive property, which reveals the value.

Marking the output as sensitive = true prevents Terraform from showing the value in the output.

3fill in blank

hard

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

Terraform

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

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Atrue

Bfalse

Cyes

D1

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Common Mistakes

Using string values like "true" instead of boolean true.

Using numeric or other string values.

The sensitive property expects a boolean value true or false, not a string.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a sensitive variable with a default value.

Terraform

variable "admin_password" {
  type      = string
  [1] = true
  [2] = "defaultPass123"
}

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Asensitive

Bdescription

Cdefault

Dnullable

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up 'description' and 'default'.

Not marking the variable as sensitive.

Use sensitive = true to mark the variable as sensitive and default to set its default value.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to output a sensitive variable with a description and hide its value.

Terraform

output "secret_token" {
  value       = var.secret_token
  [1] = true
  [2] = "The secret token for API access"
  [3] = true
}

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Asensitive

Bdescription

Dexported

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'exported' which is not a valid property.

Omitting the sensitive property, exposing the secret.

Use sensitive = true to hide the output value, and description to add a helpful note.