main.tf

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# SHOW AN EXAMPLE OF LOOPS USING THE COUNT PARAMETER BY CREATING MULTIPLE IAM USERS
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# REQUIRE A SPECIFIC TERRAFORM VERSION OR HIGHER
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terraform {
  # This module is now only being tested with Terraform 0.15.x. However, to make upgrading easier, we are setting
  # 0.12.26 as the minimum version, as that version added support for required_providers with source URLs, making it
  # forwards compatible with 0.15.x code.
  required_version = ">= 0.12.26"
}

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# CONFIGURE OUR AWS CONNECTION
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provider "aws" {
  region = "us-east-2"
}

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# CREATE MULTIPLE IAM USERS USING COUNT
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resource "aws_iam_user" "example" {
  count = length(var.user_names)
  name  = var.user_names[count.index]
}