Terraform Powered by GlobalSolutions

Terraform is one of the most popular Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, used by DevOps teams to automate infrastructure tasks and provision cloud resources. It is an open-source, cloud-agnostic tool developed by HashiCorp and written in Go. Terraform handles both orchestration and configuration management, supports popular providers like AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle, and provides immutable infrastructure where configuration changes are straightforward.

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Terraform Workflow

terraform init — Initializes the local Terraform environment. Always the first command to run.
terraform plan — Compares the Terraform state with the current state in the cloud and displays an execution plan.
terraform apply — Executes the plan, creating or modifying infrastructure resources in your environment.
terraform destroy — Deletes all resources governed by the current Terraform environment.

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Accessing Your AMI from AWS Marketplace

To get started with your Terraform stack:

Subscribe: Purchase the Terraform AMI from the AWS Marketplace.
Connect via SSH:
- SSH into the instance using the following command:
```
ssh -i yourpemfile.pem ec2-user@<public-ip-of-your-server>
```
- Once logged in you will land in the home directory.

For more information, refer to the AWS Instance Connection Guide.

Getting Started with Terraform

We have packaged Terraform with sample code to help you kick-start building your infrastructure quickly. Once you log into the instance, navigate to the gs folder from the home directory where you will find the sample code.

Sample Terraform Code — Local S3 Bucket

To help you get started quickly, we have included a sample Terraform configuration in the ~/my-local-terraform folder on your instance. This example provisions an S3 bucket and is ready to run immediately using LocalStack, which simulates AWS services locally — no AWS account or credentials required.

What's Included

Provider: Configured to use LocalStack as a local AWS endpoint (http://localhost:4566)
Resource: An S3 bucket (my-local-test-bucket) provisioned via the AWS provider
Path: ~/my-local-terraform/main.tf

LocalStack — Run Terraform Locally

This instance comes with LocalStack pre-installed and running via Docker. LocalStack emulates AWS cloud services on your local machine, allowing you to test Terraform configurations without incurring any AWS costs.

To verify LocalStack is running, execute:

curl http://localhost:4566/_localstack/health

You should see a JSON response confirming that the S3 service is available.

Running the Sample

Navigate to the sample directory and execute the Terraform workflow:

cd ~/my-local-terraform
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply -auto-approve

To verify the S3 bucket was created locally:

aws --endpoint-url=http://localhost:4566 --region us-east-1 --no-sign-request s3 ls

When you are done testing, clean up the resources with:

terraform destroy -auto-approve

Note: The sample code is provided to help you start the right way. Use it as a reference and build your own Terraform configurations on top of it. LocalStack runs entirely on your instance — no data leaves your environment.

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