Terraform: Being prompted for variable values, when the *.tfvars is present

[KidPluto]

Following this: https://www.terraform.io/intro/getting-started/variables.html
I have a *.tfvars file, but am being prompted for the values. When I give the values it does work correctly.

Terraform Version

v0.9.3

Affected Resource(s)

None

Terraform Configuration Files

$ cat poptart.tf
provider "aws" {
  access_key = "${var.access_key}"
  secret_key = "${var.secret_key}"
  region     = "${var.region}"
}
resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  ami           = "ami-656be372"
  instance_type = "t1.micro"
 provisioner "local-exec" {
    command = "echo ${aws_instance.example.public_ip} > ip_address.txt"
  }
}
resource "aws_eip" "ip" {
  instance = "${aws_instance.example.id}"
}
$ cat poptart.conf.tf
variable "access_key" {}
variable "secret_key" {}
variable "region" {
  default = "us-east-1"
}
$ cat poptart.tfvars
access_key = "ABC"
secret_key = "XYZ"

Debug Output

Don't know how to do that.

Expected Behavior

Values taken from *.tfvars

Actual Behavior

Prompted for values

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

Important Factoids

Running in EC2 Classic
Windows 7

[jbardin]

Hi @KidPluto,

Only the terraform.tfvars file is loaded automatically. If you want to use other filenames, you need to specify them with -var-file flag.

[KidPluto]

You are correct, thanks.

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