Terraform 1.0 - Provisioning AWS Infrastructure

Terraform is an open source "Infrastructure as Code" tool, used by DevOps and SysOps engineers to codify their cloud infrastructure requirements.

In this lesson you'll learn about Terraform from the ground up, and how it can be used to codify infrastructure. Terraform can be used to provision infrastructure across multiple cloud providers including AWS which this lesson will focus on.

resource "aws_instance" " cloudacademy " {
  ami = data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
  instance_type = var.instance_type
  key_name = var.key_name 
  subnet_id = aws_subnet.private.id
  security_groups = [aws_security_group.webserver.id]
 
 user_data =<<EOFF
#!/bin/bash
read -r -d '' META <<- EOF
  CloudAcademy ♥ Terraform!
  For any feedback, queries, or suggestions relating to this lesson
  please contact us at:
  Support: support@cloudacademy.com
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremycook123
EOF
echo "$META"
EOFF

  tags = {
    Org = "CloudAcademy"
    Lesson = "Terraform 1.0"
    Author = "Jeremy Cook"
  }
}

Learning Objectives

• Learn about Terraform and how to use it to provision AWS infrastructure
• Learn how to build and create Terraform configurations and modules
  Learn how to use the Terraform CLI to launch and manage infrastructure on AWS

Intended Audience

• Anyone interested in learning about Terraform, and the benefits of using it to codify infrastructure
• Anyone interested in building and launching AWS infrastructure using Terraform
• Anyone interested in deploying cloud native applications on AWS

Prerequisites

Prerequisites which would be considered useful for this lesson are:

• Knowledge of the AWS cloud platform and the various services within it – particularly VPC, EC2, and IAM
• Basic System administration experience
• Basic Infrastructure and Networking Knowledge
• Basic SysOps and/or DevOps Knowledge

Resources

All Terraform configuration as used within the provided demonstrations is located in GitHub here:

• https://github.com/cloudacademy/terraform-aws