Use terraform_remote_state in globals

[irenair]

How to do this in global?

globals {
  obj = {
     value = data.terraform_remote_state.vpc
     number = 10
  }
}

I tried using "data.terraform_remote_state.vpc" and tm_hcl_expression, but it seems that it can't be used in this situation.

[katcipis]

Hi @irenair,

Can't you manipulate "data.terraform_remote_state.vpc" as a string on globals, like this:

globals {
  obj = {
     value = "data.terraform_remote_state.vpc"
     number = 10
  }
}

And then when you need it to generate code, inside the content block, you use tm_hcl_expression, like this:

generate_hcl "_test.tf" {
  content {
    state = tm_hcl_expression(global.obj.value)
  }
}

This should work and the final generated code will be data.terraform_remote_state.vpc (no quotes).

There is some more details about this on #724