Beginner’s Terraform aws get started

Introduction

Terraform aws get started. In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through the basics of using Terraform to set up and manage your AWS resources efficiently. Terraform, a powerful Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, allows you to define your cloud infrastructure in configuration files, making it easier to automate and maintain.

Whether you’re new to Terraform or looking to enhance your AWS deployment strategies, this guide will provide you with essential steps and best practices to get you up and running quickly. Let’s dive into the world of Terraform on AWS and simplify your cloud infrastructure management.

Step-by-Step Guide: Terraform aws get started

• Create a new AWS free tier.
• Setup MFA for the root user.
• Create new Admin user and configure MFA.
• Install and configure AWS CLI on Mac/Linux and Windows
• Install Terraform

Create a new AWS free tier

• Link here.

First, we create a new AWS free tier account. The email address would be the root user for this account.

Setup MFA for the root user.

Link IAM

Activate MFA as in the picture below:

Create Admin user and configure MFA

• Do not use the root user for day-to-day work
• Create new admin user and secure with MFA.

Install and configure AWS CLI on Mac/Linux and Windows

Install AWS CLI on MAC/Linux

Using bundled install on MAC/Linux

curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip -o "awscli-bundle.zip"
unzip awscli-bundle.zip
sudo ./awscli-bundle/install -I /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws
./awscli-bundle/install -h

Using pip on Mac/Linux

curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py -user
pip3 install awscli --upgrade -user
aws --version

Install AWS cli on Windows

Refer here:

AWS configure

aws configure --profile devopsroles-demo
AWS Access Key ID [None]: XXXXZHBNJLCKKCE7EQQQ
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: fdfdfdfd43434dYlQ1il1xKNCnqwUvNHFSv41111
Default region name [None]:
Default output format [None]:

Install Terraform

Link download here: Download Terraform – Terraform by HashiCorp

After install Terraform.

C:\Users\HuuPV>terraform --version
Terraform v1.0.6
on windows_amd64

Your version of Terraform is out of date! The latest version
is 1.0.7. You can update by downloading from https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html

Conclusion

You have installed and configured Terraform AWS labs. I hope will this your helpful. Thank you for reading the DevopsRoles page! Terraform aws get started.