Variables don't work when quoted

[groorj]

Hi All,

When working with templates I would like to pass a variable that requires quoting.

create policy name={group_policy_name}_Cloud9 effect=Allow resource="*" description="Cloud9" action=[cloud9:*] conditions="aws:RequestedRegion=={aws_region}"

When I run it, the variable aws_region does not get replaced and it's literal value is used as you can see here:

[info]    Dry running template ...
create policy action=[cloud9:*] conditions='aws:RequestedRegion=={aws_region}' description=Cloud9 effect=Allow name=GroupName_Cloud9 resource=*

Same thing happens if I quote the variable on the description param and if I do not quote it, it works (description param).

It would be interesting to replace the variable on quoted fields like description.

[fxaguessy]

Hi, Thanks for your feedback. Using holes (i.e. missing parameters asked as input of the template) is not possible directly in quoted parameters. However, you can use concatenation (with +) of quoted parameters with holes or references. For example for your template, you could write:

create policy name={group_policy_name}_Cloud9 effect=Allow resource="*" description="Cloud9" action=[cloud9:*] conditions="aws:RequestedRegion=="+{aws_region}

Is this the behavior you expected ?