github.com/sylr/terraform@v0.11.12-beta1/helper/resource/id.go (about) 1 package resource 2 3 import ( 4 "fmt" 5 "strings" 6 "sync" 7 "time" 8 ) 9 10 const UniqueIdPrefix = `terraform-` 11 12 // idCounter is a monotonic counter for generating ordered unique ids. 13 var idMutex sync.Mutex 14 var idCounter uint32 15 16 // Helper for a resource to generate a unique identifier w/ default prefix 17 func UniqueId() string { 18 return PrefixedUniqueId(UniqueIdPrefix) 19 } 20 21 // UniqueIDSuffixLength is the string length of the suffix generated by 22 // PrefixedUniqueId. This can be used by length validation functions to 23 // ensure prefixes are the correct length for the target field. 24 const UniqueIDSuffixLength = 26 25 26 // Helper for a resource to generate a unique identifier w/ given prefix 27 // 28 // After the prefix, the ID consists of an incrementing 26 digit value (to match 29 // previous timestamp output). After the prefix, the ID consists of a timestamp 30 // and an incrementing 8 hex digit value The timestamp means that multiple IDs 31 // created with the same prefix will sort in the order of their creation, even 32 // across multiple terraform executions, as long as the clock is not turned back 33 // between calls, and as long as any given terraform execution generates fewer 34 // than 4 billion IDs. 35 func PrefixedUniqueId(prefix string) string { 36 // Be precise to 4 digits of fractional seconds, but remove the dot before the 37 // fractional seconds. 38 timestamp := strings.Replace( 39 time.Now().UTC().Format("20060102150405.0000"), ".", "", 1) 40 41 idMutex.Lock() 42 defer idMutex.Unlock() 43 idCounter++ 44 return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%08x", prefix, timestamp, idCounter) 45 }