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Architecting AWS with Terraform

You're reading from   Architecting AWS with Terraform Design resilient and secure Cloud Infrastructures with Terraform on Amazon Web Services

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248561
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Erol Kavas Erol Kavas
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Preface 1. Part 1:Introduction to IAC and Terraform in AWS
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Patterns and Antipatterns of IaC and Terraform FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: How Not to Use IaC and Terraform 4. Chapter 3: Building Your First Terraform Project 5. Chapter 4: Discovering Best Practices for Terraform IaC Projects 6. Part 2:Become an Expert in Terraform with AWS
7. Chapter 5: Planning and Designing Infrastructure Projects in AWS 8. Chapter 6: Making Decisions for Terraform Projects with AWS 9. Chapter 7: Implementing Terraform in Projects 10. Chapter 8: Deploying Serverless Projects with Terraform 11. Chapter 9: Deploying Containers in AWS with Terraform 12. Part 3:How to Structure and Advance Terraform in Enterprises
13. Chapter 10: Leveraging Terraform for the Enterprise 14. Chapter 11: Building Git Workflows for IaC and Terraform Projects 15. Chapter 12: Automating the Deployment of Terraform Projects 16. Chapter 13: Governing AWS with Terraform 17. Chapter 14: Building a Secure Infrastructure with AWS Terraform 18. Chapter 15: Perfecting AWS Infrastructure with Terraform 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

How to write custom Terraform AWS modules

To write a Terraform module, you will need to create a configuration file or a set of configuration files that define the resources you want to create or manage. A module is essentially a reusable configuration that can be called from other configurations or modules.

Here are the steps you can follow to write a Terraform module:

  1. Define the resources you want to create or manage: Use resource blocks to define the resources you want to create or manage. For example, you might use an aws_instance resource to create an EC2 instance or an aws_s3_bucket resource to create an S3 bucket.
  2. Define the input variables for the module: Use variable blocks to define the input variables for the module. Input variables allow users of the module to customize the behavior of the module when it is called. For example, you might define a variable for the number of EC2 instances to create or the name of an S3 bucket.
  3. Define the output values for...
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