Output terraform file from go template

README.md

• mkdir $HOME/go/src/tek
• cd $HOME/go/src/tek
• go run main.go

main.go

package main

import (
	"html/template"
	"log"
	"os"
)

func check(err error) {
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

func main() {
	var myMap = map[string]string{"Name": "email_developers", "Detail": "a policy to email developers"}
	const terraform = `
resource "aws_iam_policy" "{{.Name}}_policy" {
	name        = "{{.Name}}"
	description = "{{.Detail}}"
}`

	t := template.Must(template.New("t1").
		Parse(terraform))

	f, err := os.Create("roles.tf")
	if err != nil {
		log.Println("create file: ", err)
		return
	}

	defer f.Close()

	err = t.Execute(f, myMap)
	if err != nil {
		log.Print("execute: ", err)
		return
	}

}