github.com/danp/terraform@v0.9.5-0.20170426144147-39d740081351/website/source/docs/providers/aws/d/canonical_user_id.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "aws" 3 page_title: "AWS: aws_canonical_user_id" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-aws-datasource-canonical-user-id" 5 description: |- 6 Provides the canonical user ID for the AWS account associated with the provider 7 connection to AWS. 8 --- 9 10 # aws\_canonical\_user\_id 11 12 The Canonical User ID data source allows access to the [canonical user ID](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/acct-identifiers.html) 13 for the effective account in which Terraform is working. 14 15 ## Example Usage 16 17 ```hcl 18 data "aws_canonical_user_id" "current" {} 19 20 output "canonical_user_id" { 21 value = "${data.aws_canonical_user_id.current.id}" 22 } 23 ``` 24 25 ## Argument Reference 26 27 There are no arguments available for this data source. 28 29 ## Attributes Reference 30 31 The following attributes are exported: 32 33 * `id` - The canonical user ID associated with the AWS account. 34 35 * `display_name` - The human-friendly name linked to the canonical user ID.