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     2  layout: "chef"
     3  page_title: "Chef: chef_data_bag"
     4  sidebar_current: "docs-chef-resource-data-bag"
     5  description: |-
     6    Creates and manages a data bag in Chef Server.
     7  ---
     8  
     9  # chef\_data\_bag
    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 the data bag itself. Inside each data bag is a collection
    16  of items which can be created using the ``chef_data_bag_item`` resource.
    17  
    18  ## Example Usage
    19  
    20  ```
    21  resource "chef_data_bag" "example" {
    22      name = "example-data-bag"
    23  }
    24  ```
    25  
    26  ## Argument Reference
    27  
    28  The following arguments are supported:
    29  
    30  * `name` - (Required) The unique name to assign to the data bag. This is the
    31    name that other server clients will use to find and retrieve data from the
    32    data bag.
    33  
    34  ## Attributes Reference
    35  
    36  The following attributes are exported:
    37  
    38  * `api_url` - The URL representing this data bag in the Chef server API.