Add clarifying comment

davidsilva · davidsilva · commit 7b08f58d8ca8 · 2025-01-31T00:54:36.000Z
diff --git a/terraform/modules/ssm/main.tf b/terraform/modules/ssm/main.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# I set the actual values manually in the AWS console. In the following blocks I need to provide *some* value but I don't want it to overwrite the existing values, so I use `lifecycle { ignore_changes = [value] }`. This is a common pattern when working with SSM parameters in Terraform.
 resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "db_host" {
     name = "/interview-prep/${var.environment}/DB_HOST"
     type = "String"

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	`1`	+# I set the actual values manually in the AWS console. In the following blocks I need to provide some value but I don't want it to overwrite the existing values, so I use `lifecycle { ignore_changes = [value] }`. This is a common pattern when working with SSM parameters in Terraform.
`1`	`2`	`resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "db_host" {`
`2`	`3`	`name = "/interview-prep/${var.environment}/DB_HOST"`
`3`	`4`	`type = "String"`