github.com/muratcelep/terraform@v1.1.0-beta2-not-internal-4/website/docs/language/functions/uuidv5.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "language" 3 page_title: "uuidv5 - Functions - Configuration Language" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-crypto-uuidv5" 5 description: |- 6 The uuidv5 function generates a uuid v5 string representation of the value in the specified namespace. 7 --- 8 9 # `uuidv5` Function 10 11 `uuidv5` generates a _name-based_ UUID, as described in 12 [RFC 4122 section 4.3](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122#section-4.3), 13 also known as a "version 5" UUID. 14 15 ``` 16 uuidv5(namespace, name) 17 ``` 18 19 Unlike the pseudo-random UUIDs generated by 20 [`uuid`](./uuid.html), name-based UUIDs derive from namespace and an name, 21 producing the same UUID value every time if the namespace and name are 22 unchanged. 23 24 Name-based UUID namespaces are themselves UUIDs, but for readability this 25 function accepts some keywords as aliases for the namespaces that were 26 assigned by RFC 4122: 27 28 | Keyword | Namespace ID | Name format | 29 | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | 30 | `"dns"` | `6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8` | A fully-qualified DNS domain name. | 31 | `"url"` | `6ba7b811-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8` | Any valid URL as defined in [RFC 3986](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986). | 32 | `"oid"` | `6ba7b812-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8` | An [ISO/IEC object identifier](https://oidref.com/) | 33 | `"x500"` | `6ba7b814-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8` | [X.500 Distinguished Name](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1779) | 34 35 To use any other namespace not included in the above table, pass its assigned 36 namespace ID directly in the first argument in the usual UUID string format. 37 38 ## Examples 39 40 Use the namespace keywords where possible, to make the intent more obvious to 41 a future reader: 42 43 ``` 44 > uuidv5("dns", "www.terraform.io") 45 a5008fae-b28c-5ba5-96cd-82b4c53552d6 46 47 > uuidv5("url", "https://www.terraform.io/") 48 9db6f67c-dd95-5ea0-aa5b-e70e5c5f7cf5 49 50 > uuidv5("oid", "1.3.6.1.4") 51 af9d40a5-7a36-5c07-b23a-851cd99fbfa5 52 53 > uuidv5("x500", "CN=Example,C=GB") 54 84e09961-4aa4-57f8-95b7-03edb1073253 55 ``` 56 57 The namespace keywords treated as equivalent to their corresponding namespace 58 UUIDs, and in some special cases it may be more appropriate to use the 59 UUID form: 60 61 ``` 62 > uuidv5("6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8", "www.terraform.io") 63 a5008fae-b28c-5ba5-96cd-82b4c53552d6 64 ``` 65 66 If you wish to use a namespace defined outside of RFC 4122, using the namespace 67 UUID is required because no corresponding keyword is available: 68 69 ``` 70 > uuidv5("743ac3c0-3bf7-4a5b-9e6c-59360447c757", "LIBS:diskfont.library") 71 ede1a974-df7e-5f17-84b9-76208818b2c8 72 ``` 73 74 When using raw UUID namespaces, consider including a comment alongside the 75 expression that indicates which namespace this represents in a 76 human-significant manner, such as by reference to the standard that 77 defined it. 78 79 ## Related Functions 80 81 * [`uuid`](./uuid.html), which generates pseudorandom UUIDs.