Create and Manage EC2 as Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Posted On: 2023-03-26 15:37:06 AWS

Step1 :Download and Install terraform from https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html

Step2 :Verify that the installation worked by opening a new terminal

terraform -help

Step3 : Download and install AWS CLI from https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi

Step4 :Configure the AWS CLI from your terminal,Follow the prompts to input your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.

aws configure

Step 5:create a file with .tf extention in any folder  ie(c:/sunil/main.tf)

provider "aws" {
  profile = "default"
  region  = "us-west-2"
}

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  ami           = "ami-830c94e3"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"

  tags = {
    Name = "ExampleInstance"
  }
}

Step 6: Initialize the directory

Initializing a configuration directory downloads and installs the providers defined in the configuration, which in this case is the aws provider.

terraform init

Step 7:Create infrastructure

terraform apply