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Terraform Command Basics

Step-01: Introduction

  • Understand basic Terraform Commands
  • terraform init
  • terraform validate
  • terraform plan
  • terraform apply
  • terraform destroy

Step-02: Review terraform manifest for EC2 Instance

  • Pre-Conditions-1: Ensure you have default-vpc in that respective region
  • Pre-Conditions-2: Ensure AMI you are provisioning exists in that region if not update AMI ID
  • Pre-Conditions-3: Verify your AWS Credentials in $HOME/.aws/credentials 
    # Terraform Settings Block
terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      #version = "~> 3.21" # Optional but recommended in production
    }
  }
}

# Provider Block
provider "aws" {
  profile = "default" # AWS Credentials Profile configured on your local desktop terminal  $HOME/.aws/credentials
  region  = "us-east-1"
}

# Resource Block
resource "aws_instance" "ec2demo" {
  ami           = "ami-04d29b6f966df1537" # Amazon Linux in us-east-1, update as per your region
  instance_type = "t2.micro"
}

Step-03: Terraform Core Commands

# Initialize Terraform
terraform init

# Terraform Validate
terraform validate

# Terraform Plan to Verify what it is going to create / update / destroy
terraform plan

# Terraform Apply to Create EC2 Instance
terraform apply

Step-04: Verify the EC2 Instance in AWS Management Console

  • Go to AWS Management Console -> Services -> EC2
  • Verify newly created EC2 instance

Step-05: Destroy Infrastructure

# Destroy EC2 Instance
terraform destroy

# Delete Terraform files 
rm -rf .terraform*
rm -rf terraform.tfstate*

Step-08: Conclusion

  • Re-iterate what we have learned in this section
  • Learned about Important Terraform Commands
  • terraform init
  • terraform validate
  • terraform plan
  • terraform apply
  • terraform destroy

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