Passing output from dflook/terraform-apply@v1 to following step

[larryebaum]

If I'm understanding the docs correct, if my TF file contains outputs, then an output will be produced with the same value.

output "app_publicip" {
  description = "Public IP of the instance"
  value = aws_lightsail_instance.app_instance.public_ip_address
}

So with a step:

    - name: Terraform Apply
      id: tf-apply
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I'm thinking a subsequent step could reference:

    - name: Print the IP
      run: echo "The IP is ${{ steps.tf-apply.outputs.public_ip_address }}"  

Alas, no luck as the subsequent steps don't seem to get the value from the tf-apply step. I'm sure its a 'me' problem, what am I overlooking?

[dflook]

It looks like you have the wrong name for the output, it should look like:

    - name: Print the IP
      run: echo "The IP is ${{ steps.tf-apply.outputs.app_publicip }}"  

[larryebaum]

Yep, a 'me' problem... I was accidentally referencing the resource value as opposed to the output 'name'. Easy fix and thanks much for the fast reply!!!