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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Terraform Associate (004) · Domain 5: Terraform modules

Module sources: local paths (`./` or `../`), the public Terraform Registry, private registries, Git and HTTP URLs

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Every module block needs a source argument that tells Terraform where to find the module's code. The source string's format decides how Terraform fetches it, so you must be able to recognize each form on sight. The source must be a literal string; you cannot build it from variables.

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