Terraform 0.11.x loop through a map and create files with content based on a maps --> key, value

example_local_file.tf

variable "object_list" {
  type = "map"
  default = {
    content1 = "this is example content 1",
    content2 = "this is example content 2"
  }
}

resource "local_file" "local_files" {
  count = "${length(var.object_list)}" # perform this action based on the amount of items in the map
  filename = "${element(keys(var.object_list), count.index)}" # lookup the key name based on the current count index.
  content = "${lookup(var.object_list, "${element(keys(var.object_list), count.index)}")}" # lookup the key's value based on a double interpolation.
}

as we're using count to loop through a map, just like filename we used count.index, why not write content as following:
count = "${element(values(var.object_list), count.index)}"
? thx

Because count is the number it needs to iterate over the items and we need to know how many times it needs to iterate.
In you’re proposal it would give you a undefined error or type mismatch ( depending on the terraform version you are using )

Also this gist is a bit outdated because in terraform 0.12 for and foreach are introduced

Thank you so much! Saved my day

how would you do this in 0.12?

how would you do this in 0.12?

You dont need to do this in terraform 12, terraform 12 introduces for and foreach which makes the approach much easier and cleaner
https://www.terraform.io/docs/configuration/expressions.html