HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
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What is HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)?
HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) is a configuration language built by HashiCorp that is used for configuring products in the HashiCorp ecosystem. With its human-readable style, HCL is designed to strike a balance between a generic configuration language like JSON or YAML and a high-level scripting language. In relation to the Terraform Roadmap, HCL is the primary language used for writing Terraform configuration files, thus making it a fundamental part of defining and providing data center infrastructure in a descriptive manner.
Free resources to learn HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
- Official docsTerraform Language Documentation
- Open sourceHCL Repository
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Is this HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) tutorial for beginners?
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