====== Start a New Script ======
<color darkorange>Aug 2017</color>
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As Terraform is a very small file (by todays standards) I generally create a new folder, and put the Terraform.exe executable in to that folder. I then keep Terraform and my script in that folder, creating a new folder containing a copy of Terraform for each script. 
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This is useful as Terraform creates other files to do with your scripts, and having lots of these in a single folder can be quite frustrating.
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For this example, please do the following:
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  - Create a new folder
  - Copy the Terraform.exe in to your new folder
  - Create a new file in your preferred text editor and save it as "my_instance.tf"
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Paste the following text in to your "my_instance.tf" file and save it.
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<sxh>
provider "aws" {
        access_key = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
        secret_key = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
        region = "xxxxxxxx"
}

resource "aws_instance" "simple_example" {
        ami = "ami-xxxxxxxx"
        instance_type = "xxxxxxxx"
        key_name = "xxxxxxxx"
        security_groups= ["xxxxxxxx"]
        tags {
         Name = "terraform-instance"
        }
}
</sxh>
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As you go through each section of this guide, enter the relevant details in this script and save it each time. At the end of the guide you will have a finished script that you can test.
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