Data source: aws caller identity

AWS data source: aws_caller_identity

• https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/data-sources/caller_identity

Use this data source to get the access to the effective Account ID, User ID, and ARN in which Terraform is authorized.

Example

There is no arguments for this data source:

data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}

output "account_id" {
  value = data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
}

output "caller_arn" {
  value = data.aws_caller_identity.current.arn
}

output "caller_user" {
  value = data.aws_caller_identity.current.user_id
}

Related terms

• Data source
• whoami

See also

• Terraform data sources: aws_vpc, template_file, aws_subnet_ids, terraform remote state, aws_eks_cluster, aws_ami, aws_availability_zones, aws_partition, archive_file
• Terraform AWS resources: IAM, Net, EC2, ECS, ECR, S3, Route53, ACM, CloudWatch, CloudFront SES, RDS, DLM