AWSxTerra: AWS EC2 Deployment Scripts via Terraform

This repository contains Terraform scripts to deploy Amazon Linux 2023 and Windows Server 2019 instances on AWS. The configuration ensures that the instances are Free Tier Eligible and properly configured with security groups, key pairs, and storage options.

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🚀 Setup and Usage

1️⃣ Prerequisites

Before running Terraform, ensure you have:

• An AWS account
• Terraform installed (Download Here)
• AWS CLI installed (Download Here)
• Configured AWS credentials using:

  aws configure

2️⃣ AWS CLI Installation

Here’s how to run the script on each platform:

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🟢 Linux (Bash Script) (SetUp_AWS_Terraform_Linux.sh)

1. Give execute permissions to the script:

   chmod +x SetUp_AWS_Terraform_Linux.sh

2. Run the script:

   ./SetUp_AWS_Terraform_Linux.sh

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🔵 Windows (PowerShell) (SetUp_AWS_Terraform_Windows.ps1)

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator

   • Press Win + X, then click PowerShell (Admin) or Windows Terminal (Admin).

2. Allow script execution (only if needed):

   Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

3. Run the script:

   .\SetUp_AWS_Terraform_Windows.ps1

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🔴 macOS (Bash Script) (SetUp_AWS_Terraform_macOS.sh)

1. Give execute permissions to the script:

   chmod +x SetUp_AWS_Terraform_macOS.sh

2. Run the script:

   ./SetUp_AWS_Terraform_macOS.sh

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This will execute the Terraform setup and AWS CLI installation based on the OS. 🚀

💻 AMIs Created

🔹 Amazon Linux 2023 (Free Tier Eligible)

• Architecture: 64-bit (x86)
• Instance Type: t2.micro
• Storage: 8 GiB gp3 (3000 IOPS, not encrypted)
• Security Group: Allows SSH (22), HTTP (80), and HTTPS (443)
• Key Pair: Created and saved as KeyPair.pem

🔹 Windows Server 2019 Base (Free Tier Eligible)

• Architecture: 64-bit (x86)
• Instance Type: t2.micro
• Storage: 30 GiB gp3 (3000 IOPS, not encrypted)
• Security Group: Allows RDP (3389), HTTP (80), and HTTPS (443)
• Key Pair: Created and saved as KeyPair.ppk

🆕 Amazon Linux 2023 with Pre-installed Apache

• Architecture: 64-bit (x86)
• Instance Type: t2.micro
• Storage: 8 GiB gp3 (3000 IOPS, not encrypted)
• Security Group: Allows SSH (22), HTTP (80), and HTTPS (443)
• Key Pair: Created and saved as KeyPair.pem
• Pre-installed Software: Apache Web Server with index page setup

🆕 Windows Server 2019 with Pre-installed IIS

• Architecture: 64-bit (x86)
• Instance Type: t2.micro
• Storage: 30 GiB gp3 (3000 IOPS, not encrypted)
• Security Group: Allows RDP (3389), HTTP (80), and HTTPS (443)
• Key Pair: Created and saved as KeyPair.ppk
• Pre-installed Software: IIS Web Server with index page setup

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🛠 Terraform Commands

1️⃣ Initialize Terraform

terraform init

2️⃣ Format & Validate Configuration

terraform fmt
terraform validate

3️⃣ Deploy AWS Infrastructure

terraform apply -auto-approve

4️⃣ Destroy AWS Infrastructure

terraform destroy -auto-approve

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💡 Notes

• Use PuTTYGen to convert .pem to .ppk for Windows RDP:

  puttygen KeyPair.pem -o KeyPair.ppk

• Always check Free Tier limits to avoid unexpected charges.
• To manually delete resources, remove them from AWS Console.

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