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Terraform

terraform--provision resources in cloud providers -- made by hashicorp

--infrastructure as a code ...............................

1. launch ec2
2. wget link on linux https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html and copy link of 64 and paste it to ec2-linux instance
3. unzip the zipped file (sudo yum install -y unzip in case of rhel)
4. echo $"export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)" >> ~/.bash_profile --send current directory and save it to bash_profile
5. source ~/.bash_profile --to load the .bash_profile
6. type terraform , you will see information
7. mkdir terraform-lab and go inside it
8. vi ec2.tf (tf is extention for terraform)

•  provider "aws" {
     access_key = "***"
     secret_key = "***"
     region     = "us-east-1"
   }
  
   resource "aws_instance" "example" {
     count         = 2
     ami           = "ami-2757f631"
     instance_type = "t2.micro"
  
  
     tags {
       Name = "test-instance"
     }
   }
  

10. go to Iam, click on user, and go to security credentials and create access key and make changes to ec2.tf
11. note: ami must be specific to region
12. note: once you have aws-cli setup(aws configure) you neednot to provide access_key, secret_key and region. 13.ls , you will see ec2.tf
13. initialize the terraform by command -- terraform init
14. terraform apply ---- and write yes
15. note: the user should have ec2fullaccess.
16. you can see the changes made by going to ec2-instances, just above ami you need to add count = 2 if you want 2 more machines or so.
17. you can even destroy the changes using command -- terraform destroy