create new remove resource

locals.tf

@@ -44,4 +44,14 @@ locals {
   merge_data_map = {
     for k, v in var.merges : k => merge([for vk in v : local.data_map[vk]]...)
   }
+
+    remove_parameters_expanded = { for k, v in var.remove_parameters : k => merge(
+    {
+      environment  = var.environment
+      share        = var.default_share
+      name         = ""
+      initial_data = {}
+    },
+    v,
+  ) }
 }

ssm_parameter.tf

@@ -34,8 +34,24 @@ data "aws_ssm_parameter" "miamioh_data" {
   name     = "/${join("/", compact([join("-", compact([each.value.environment, each.value.share])), trimprefix(each.value.path, "/"), each.value.name]))}"
 }
 
+
 output "data" {
   value = merge(local.data_map, local.merge_data_map)
 
   sensitive = true
 }
+
+resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "miamioh_data_to_remove" {
+  for_each = local.remove_parameters_expanded
+
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes  = [value]
+  }
+
+  name  = "/${join("/", compact([join("-", compact([each.value.environment, each.value.share])), trimprefix(each.value.path, "/"), each.value.name]))}"
+  type  = "SecureString"
+  value = yamlencode(each.value.initial_data)
+
+  description = "Added by terraform aws_ssm_parameter"
+  tags        = local.all_tags
+}

variables.tf

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ variable "update_parameters" {
   default     = {}
 }
 
+variable "remove_parameters" {
+  type        = any
+  description = "A map of string to remove from state"
+  default     = {}
+}
+
 variable "merges" {
   type        = map(list(string))
   description = "A map of items you would like merged"