When using parent/child modules to deploy infrastructure, how would you export a value from one module to import into another module.
For example, a module dynamically deploys an application instance or virtual machine, and you need the IP address in another module to configure a related DNS record in order to reach the newly deployed application.

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When using parent/child modules to deploy infrastructure, how would you export a value from one module to import into another module.

For example, a module dynamically deploys an application instance or virtual machine, and you need the IP address in another module to configure a related DNS record in order to reach the newly deployed application.

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Configure an output value in the application module in order to use that value for the DNS module.

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Export the value using  terraform  export and input the value using  terraform  input.

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Configure the pertinent provider's configuration with a list of possible IP addresses to use.

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Preconfigure the IP address as a parameter in the DNS module.

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