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| page_title: sha512 - Functions - Configuration Language |
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| The sha512 function computes the SHA512 hash of a given string and encodes it |
| with hexadecimal digits. |
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| # `sha512` Function |
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| `sha512` computes the SHA512 hash of a given string and encodes it with |
| hexadecimal digits. |
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| The given string is first encoded as UTF-8 and then the SHA512 algorithm is applied |
| as defined in [RFC 4634](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634). The raw hash is |
| then encoded to lowercase hexadecimal digits before returning. |
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| ## Examples |
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| ``` |
| > sha512("hello world") |
| 309ecc489c12d6eb4cc40f50c902f2b4d0ed77ee511a7c7a9bcd3ca86d4cd86f989dd35bc5ff499670da34255b45b0cfd830e81f605dcf7dc5542e93ae9cd76f |
| ``` |
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| ## Related Functions |
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| * [`filesha512`](/terraform/language/functions/filesha512) calculates the same hash from |
| the contents of a file rather than from a string value. |
| * [`base64sha512`](/terraform/language/functions/base64sha512) calculates the same hash but returns |
| the result in a more-compact Base64 encoding. |
