Terraform boilerplate

• First configure awscli
• Configure aws cli with profile name
• Add the profile on main.tf
• Change the profile name for aws access keys

provider "aws" {
  region = "your_region_name"
  shared_credentials_file = "/home/maya/.aws/credentials"
  profile = "your_profile_name"
}

To run Terraform

• First install terraform from this link
• Clone the repo
• INIT Terraform by typing: terraform init
• Configure main.tf
• Then validate configuration by typing: terraform validate
• View the configuration for your ec2 type: terraform plan
• Create EC2 by: terraform apply
• View the created EC2 by: terraform view
• Destroy the created resources by terraform by: terraform destroy