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     1  ---
     2  layout: "chef"
     3  page_title: "Chef: chef_data_bag_item"
     4  sidebar_current: "docs-chef-resource-data-bag-item"
     5  description: |-
     6    Creates and manages an object within a data bag in Chef Server.
     7  ---
     8  
     9  # chef\_data\_bag\_item
    10  
    11  A [data bag](http://docs.chef.io/data_bags.html) is a collection of
    12  configuration objects that are stored as JSON in Chef Server and can be
    13  retrieved and used in Chef recipes.
    14  
    15  This resource creates objects within an existing data bag. To create the
    16  data bag itself, use the ``chef_data_bag`` resource.
    17  
    18  ## Example Usage
    19  
    20  ```
    21  resource "chef_data_bag_item" "example" {
    22      data_bag_name = "example-data-bag"
    23      content_json = <<EOT
    24  {
    25      "id": "example-item",
    26      "any_arbitrary_data": true
    27  }
    28  EOT
    29  }
    30  ```
    31  
    32  ## Argument Reference
    33  
    34  The following arguments are supported:
    35  
    36  * `data_bag_name` - (Required) The name of the data bag into which this item
    37    will be placed.
    38  * `content_json` - (Required) A string containing a JSON object that will be
    39    the content of the item. Must at minimum contain a property called "id"
    40    that is unique within the data bag, which will become the identifier of
    41    the created item.
    42  
    43  ## Attributes Reference
    44  
    45  The following attributes are exported:
    46  
    47  * `id` - The value of the "id" property in the ``content_json`` JSON object,
    48    which can be used by clients to retrieve this item's content.