Parameter Store String

📦 Overview

This Terraform module provisions a plain-text string parameter in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.
It's ideal for storing lightweight, non-sensitive configuration data such as environment tags or feature flags.

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✅ Key Features

• Creates a non-encrypted string parameter
• Supports custom names, values, and descriptions
• Enables tagging for environment, ownership, or access control
• Designed for non-sensitive infrastructure config

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💼 Use Cases

• Storing non-sensitive feature flags or app settings
• Passing environment variables to ECS, Lambda, or EC2
• Managing lightweight infrastructure toggles or state flags
• Low-overhead parameter tracking without KMS

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📥 Input Variables

Name	Type	Description
region	string	AWS region where the parameter will be created
parameter_name	string	The full path name of the parameter (e.g., /app/config/env)
parameter_value	string	The string value to store
description	string	(Optional) Description of the parameter
environment	string	Tag to specify the deployment environment (e.g., dev, prod)

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📤 Outputs

Name	Description
parameter_name	The name/path of the created string parameter
parameter_version	The version number of the stored parameter
parameter_arn	The ARN of the created parameter

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🚀 Deployment Readiness

• ✅ Compatible with Terraform 1.0+
• ✅ Tested with AWS provider 5.x
• 🧪 Requires IAM permissions to access and write to Parameter Store

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🛠️ Example Usage

module "parameter_store_string" {
source = "git::ssh://git@github.com/archiphire/aws-level-1-modules.git//developer-utilities/parameter-store-string?ref=v1.0.0"

region = "us-east-1"
parameter_name = "/app/config/env"
parameter_value = "production"
description = "Environment config value"
environment = "prod"
}

terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply

or

tofu init
tofu plan
tofu apply

🧹 Cleanup Options

For testing:

terraform destroy

or

tofu destroy

For production:

Manually delete the parameter via the AWS Console or CLI to avoid disrupting production workloads:

aws ssm delete-parameter --name "/app/config/env"

🛡️ Notes

This is a Level 1 parameter utility module meant for non-sensitive values only. For secrets or encrypted values, use the parameter-store-securestring or secrets-manager-secret module for KMS-backed encryption.

🔒 Deployment Package Notice

This module is part of the Level 1 AWS License Tier. To access the full deployment package and source code, subscribe to Archiphire.