Creating an EC2 instance using Terraform (AWS)

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1) Setting up a development environment

Obtaining via Chocolatey...

Administrative Shell (PowerShell):

choco install terraform -y -f

Add the path below

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\terraform\tools

terraform -v

.tf - Extension

main.tf

https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
    }
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  profile = "default"
  region  = "eu-central-1"
}

resource "aws_instance" "app_server" {
  ami           = "ami-07df274a488ca9195"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"

  tags = {
    Name = "ExampleAppServerInstance"
  }
}

terraform init

terraform plan

terraform apply

terraform destroy

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