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     1  ---
     2  layout: "template"
     3  page_title: "Provider: Template"
     4  sidebar_current: "docs-template-index"
     5  description: |-
     6    The Template provider is used to template strings for other Terraform resources.
     7  ---
     8  
     9  # Template Provider
    10  
    11  The template provider exposes data sources to use templates to generate
    12  strings for other Terraform resources or outputs.
    13  
    14  Use the navigation to the left to read about the available data sources.
    15  
    16  ## Example Usage
    17  
    18  ```
    19  # Template for initial configuration bash script
    20  data "template_file" "init" {
    21  	template = "${file("init.tpl")}"
    22  
    23  	vars {
    24  		consul_address = "${aws_instance.consul.private_ip}"
    25  	}
    26  }
    27  
    28  # Create a web server
    29  resource "aws_instance" "web" {
    30      # ...
    31  
    32  	user_data = "${data.template_file.init.rendered}"
    33  }
    34  ```