This Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configuration sets up a basic AWS infrastructure suitable for hosting a web server on an EC2 instance. The template automates the creation of networking components and a web server, illustrating a practical use of cloud resources to deploy a scalable and secure application environment.
The configuration provisions the following resources:
- Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): A custom AWS VPC to isolate and manage cloud resources securely.
- Internet Gateway: An Internet Gateway to enable communication between the VPC and the internet.
- Egress-Only Internet Gateway: An IPv6 specific gateway for outbound internet access without allowing inbound traffic.
- Route Table: A route table with routes for directing both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic out through the respective gateways.
- Subnet: A subnet within the VPC for deploying AWS resources like EC2 instances.
- Route Table Association: Links the subnet to the route table to ensure proper routing of traffic.
- Security Group: A security group to allow inbound traffic on HTTP (80), HTTPS (443), and SSH (22) ports, and allow all outbound traffic.
- Network Interface: A network interface with a static private IP within the subnet, attached to the security group.
- Elastic IP: A static public IP associated with the network interface to reliably access the EC2 instance from the internet.
- EC2 Instance: Deploys an EC2 instance using a specified AMI and instance type, equipped with a startup script to install and start an Apache web server displaying a simple message.
Before deploying this template, you will need:
- Terraform installed on your machine.
- An AWS account with the necessary permissions to create the resources.
- AWS CLI installed and configured with your credentials.
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This template is designed for educational purposes and may require modifications to meet production-grade security and reliability standards.
To use this Terraform template:
- Clone the repository containing this Terraform configuration.
- Navigate to the directory containing this README.
- Initialize the Terraform environment with the command: