arcticgenes / al_aws

aws_terraform_example

TeraData Code Challenge

This repo is a collection of Terraform files that satisfies the requirements of an interview code challenge.

Prerequisites

Install terraform on a mac or windows pc

1. In the root directory create a file called terraform.tfvars

Your file will contain 2 lines:

access_key = "<input your aws access key>"
secret_key = "<input your aws secret key>"

2. Generate an ssh key and label it aws_tdcc.pub. Store the public key in the keys folder of the repo.

Deploying

This automation runs off 3 commands:

terraform init

This will grab all the providers needed to run the automation

terraform plan

This will display all the actions that the automation is about to perform

terraform apply

This will kick off the automation. When finished it will output the public IPs of the (3) webservers and the public DNS entry of the ELB.

Disclaimers

The SSL certificate used for the ELB is created via a terraform resource and is self-signed. A browser warning will pop-up when accessing the https site

DNS propogations from AWS can take a few minutes. The URL endpoints may not work immediately.

Authors

• Aaron Lewis - [email protected]