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page_title: "docker_config Resource - terraform-provider-docker"
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description: |-
  Manages the configs of a Docker service in a swarm.
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# docker_config (Resource)

Manages the configs of a Docker service in a swarm.

## Example Usage

### Basic

```terraform
resource "docker_config" "foo_config" {
  name = "foo_config"
  data = base64encode("{\"a\": \"b\"}")
}
```

### Advanced
#### Dynamically set config with a template
In this example you can use the `${var.foo_port}` variable to dynamically
set the `${port}` variable in the `foo.configs.json.tpl` template and create
the data of the `foo_config` with the help of the `base64encode` interpolation
function.

The file `foo.config.json.tpl` has the following content:

```gojson
{
  "server": {
    "public_port": ${port}
  }
}
```

and the resource uses it as follows:

```terraform
resource "docker_config" "foo_config" {
  name = "foo_config"
  data = base64encode(
    templatefile("${path.cwd}/foo.config.json.tpl",
      {
        port = 8080
      }
    )
  )
}
```

#### Update config with no downtime
To update a `config`, Terraform will destroy the existing resource and create a replacement.
To effectively use a `docker_config` resource with a `docker_service` resource, it's recommended
 to specify `create_before_destroy` in a `lifecycle` block. Provide a unique `name` attribute,
for example with one of the interpolation functions `uuid` or `timestamp` as shown
in the example below. The reason is this [issue](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/35803).

```terraform
resource "docker_config" "service_config" {
  name = "${var.service_name}-config-${replace(timestamp(), ":", ".")}"
  data = base64encode(
    templatefile("${path.cwd}/foo.config.json.tpl",
      {
        port = 8080
      }
    )
  )

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes        = ["name"]
    create_before_destroy = true
  }
}

resource "docker_service" "service" {
  # ... other attributes omitted for brevity
  configs = [
    {
      config_id   = docker_config.service_config.id
      config_name = docker_config.service_config.name
      file_name   = "/root/configs/configs.json"
    },
  ]
}
```

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## Schema

### Required

- **data** (String) Base64-url-safe-encoded config data
- **name** (String) User-defined name of the config

### Optional

- **id** (String) The ID of this resource.

## Import

Import is supported using the following syntax by providing the `id`:

```shell
#!/bin/bash
terraform import docker_config.foo id
```

### Example

Assuming you created a `config` as follows

```shell
#!/bin/bash
printf '{"a":"b"}' | docker config create foo -
# prints the id 
08c26c477474478d971139f750984775a7f019dbe8a2e7f09d66a187c009e66d
```

you provide the definition for the resource as follows

```terraform
resource "docker_config" "foo" {
  name = "foo"
  data = base64encode("{\"a\": \"b\"}")
}
```

then the import command is as follows

```shell
#!/bin/bash
terraform import docker_config.foo 08c26c477474478d971139f750984775a7f019dbe8a2e7f09d66a187c009e66d
```