terraform module

[Sandeep]

Hi All

any code that is modularized from the re-usability point is called child module (example: ec2.tf). 

This child module can be used by any number of terraform code, by just having a module block and providing source of the child module

example: 

my_webserver.tf

provider {...

}..

..

module "calling_module"{

source = "./ec2.ff"

}

Confusion is, this calling configuration file is called root module, this is also called parent module, this is also called calling module? 

what exactly it is called?

thanks

[Fernando 🐼]

I've always seen it referred as root module. 

And it needs to be a folder, not a file like your example seems to indicate 

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[Sandeep]

thanks Fernando, I got it now.

yes I have wrongly mentioned  source = "./ec2.ff", it should be  source = "./folder_of_child_module"

thanks you

Sandeep 

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