Terraform Basics & TaskFlow Infrastructure Fundamentals
Master Terraform fundamentals from scratch! Learn IaC concepts, Terraform workflow, HCL syntax, and variables/outputs by automating TaskFlow EC2 instances. Transform manual AWS infrastructure from Week 10 into declarative, version-controlled code.
Lab Overview
Learn Terraform from scratch and apply Infrastructure as Code fundamentals to automate TaskFlow AWS infrastructure. Master the Terraform workflow (init, plan, apply, destroy), write your first HCL configurations, and use variables and outputs to create flexible, reusable infrastructure code.
This lab teaches Terraform fundamentals through practical application - you'll automate the same EC2 instance and security group you created manually in Week 10, but now as code. Perfect for beginners with zero Terraform experience.
What You'll Learn
Understand Infrastructure as Code concepts and benefits over manual provisioning
Install Terraform and configure the AWS provider
Master the Terraform workflow: init, plan, apply, destroy
Write HCL configuration to provision EC2 instances and security groups
Use Terraform variables for environment-specific configurations
Create outputs to expose important infrastructure values
Organize Terraform files (main.tf, variables.tf, outputs.tf, terraform.tfvars)
Apply DRY principles to eliminate hardcoded values
Automate TaskFlow EC2 infrastructure from Week 10 as Terraform code
Prerequisites
Week 10 AWS Cloud Computing completed (EC2, security groups, SSH)
TaskFlow deployed manually to AWS EC2
AWS CLI configured with credentials
Basic understanding of AWS resources
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