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Convert between HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) and JSON formats for Terraform configurations
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The HCL-JSON Converter is a specialized utility designed to seamlessly transform configuration files between HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) and JSON, ensuring compatibility for your Terraform infrastructure projects.
Background
An automated CI/CD pipeline requires infrastructure parameters in JSON format to trigger a deployment API.
Problem
The existing infrastructure is defined in HCL, which the API cannot parse.
How to use
Paste the HCL code into the input, select 'HCL to JSON', and set the indent size to 4.
Direction: HCL to JSON, Indent: 4Outcome
A clean, machine-readable JSON file ready for immediate use in the deployment pipeline.
Background
A legacy system uses JSON-based configuration files that need to be integrated into a new Terraform-managed environment.
Problem
Manually rewriting JSON to HCL is error-prone and time-consuming.
How to use
Paste the JSON content, select 'JSON to HCL', and convert to generate the required HCL syntax.
Yes, the converter handles standard HCL and JSON syntax used across all major Terraform versions.
This tool is designed for individual configuration blocks; please process files one at a time.
No, all conversions are performed locally in your browser, and your data is not stored or transmitted.
It allows you to control the readability of the output JSON by setting the number of spaces used for indentation.
JSON does not support comments; therefore, any comments present in your HCL input will be removed during the conversion to JSON.
Direction: JSON to HCLOutcome
Accurate HCL code that can be directly pasted into your main.tf file.