Write To File Function

Idem supports writing any data to a file. The ‘parameters’ might include argument bindings to record details from resources referenced by the same Idem invocation. The function can accept a Jinja template or a template file, which can generate a script from the ‘parameters’. If you omit a template, and the ‘parameters’ are a dictionary, they will be written to the file in a json format.

For example:

my-output-file:
    data.write:
    - file_name: "/files/audit.log"
    - template: '{% raw  %}
                   {% for resource_name, resource_id in parameters.items() %}
                        Created {{ resource_name }}  {{ resource_id }}
                   {% endfor %}
                {%  endraw %}'
   - parameters:
        ${resource-1:name}: ${resource-1:id}
        ${resource-2:name}: ${resource-2:id}

The preceding write function produces a /files/audit.log text file that contains the following:

Created subnet-1 a7dd1f64-8e02-11ec-b909-0242ac120002
Created subnet-2 b08bcf20-8e02-11ec-b909-0242ac120002