var

Query Syntax

<variable-name>[::<arg>=<arg-val>, ...]

Retrieve a variable from the variables file or definition.

If the Lookup is unable to find an defined variable matching the provided query, the default value is returned or a ValueError is raised if a default value was not provided.

Nested values can be used by providing the full path to the value but, it will not select a list element.

The returned value can contain any YAML support data type (dictionaries/mappings/hashes, lists/arrays/sequences, strings, numbers, and boolean).

New in version 1.4.0.

Arguments

This Lookup supports all Common Lookup Arguments but, the following have limited or no effect:

• region

Example

deployment:
  - modules:
      - path: sampleapp.cfn
        parameters:
          ami_id: ${var ami_id.${env AWS_REGION}}
    env_vars:
      SOME_VARIABLE: ${var some_variable::default=default}