Configuration Language

HCL

HashiCorp Configuration Language is a structured configuration language designed for human authoring of complex configurations. HCL underpins Terraform, Packer, Vault, Consul, and Nomad and supports expressions, variables, functions, and blocks.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: configuration-language:hcl
name: HCL
description: HashiCorp Configuration Language is a structured configuration language designed for human
  authoring of complex configurations. HCL underpins Terraform, Packer, Vault, Consul, and Nomad and supports
  expressions, variables, functions, and blocks.
humanURL: https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl
baseURL: https://github.com
tags:
- HCL
- HashiCorp
- Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
properties:
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language
x-features:
- Block-and-attribute syntax with native expressions
- JSON-equivalent representation
- Variables, locals, and functions
- Foundation of Terraform infrastructure code