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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  ```hcl
    21  resource "chef_data_bag_item" "example" {
    22    data_bag_name = "example-data-bag"
    23  
    24    content_json = <<EOT
    25  {
    26      "id": "example-item",
    27      "any_arbitrary_data": true
    28  }
    29  EOT
    30  }
    31  ```
    32  
    33  ## Argument Reference
    34  
    35  The following arguments are supported:
    36  
    37  * `data_bag_name` - (Required) The name of the data bag into which this item
    38    will be placed.
    39  * `content_json` - (Required) A string containing a JSON object that will be
    40    the content of the item. Must at minimum contain a property called "id"
    41    that is unique within the data bag, which will become the identifier of
    42    the created item.
    43  
    44  ## Attributes Reference
    45  
    46  The following attributes are exported:
    47  
    48  * `id` - The value of the "id" property in the ``content_json`` JSON object,
    49    which can be used by clients to retrieve this item's content.