Start a New Script
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.
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.
For this example, please do the following:
- 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”
Paste the following text in to your “my_instance.tf” file and save it.
<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>
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.