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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Terraform Associate (004) · Domain 8: HCP Terraform

Variables and variable sets; Terraform vs environment variables; sensitive variables

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HCP Terraform runs happen on remote workers, so the values your configuration needs (input variables and credentials) must be stored in HCP Terraform rather than on your laptop. You define them in each workspace, or share them across workspaces with variable sets.

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