Aug 2017

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:

1. Create a new folder
2. Copy the Terraform.exe in to your new folder
3. 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>
We will change the details as we work through the sections of this guide.