diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..7a3e2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Crash log files
+crash.log
+
+# Ignore any .tfvars files that are generated automatically for each Terraform run. Most
+# .tfvars files are managed as part of configuration and so should be included in
+# version control.
+#
+# example.tfvars
+
+# Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
+# are not checked in
+override.tf
+override.tf.json
+*_override.tf
+*_override.tf.json
+
+# Include override files you do wish to add to version control using negated pattern
+#
+# !example_override.tf
+
+# Include tfplan files to ignore the plan output of command: terraform plan -out=tfplan
+# example: *tfplan*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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index 0000000..e27f058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# terraformec2
+LUIT project - for Terraform 
diff --git a/ec2.tf b/ec2.tf
index f55bdd8..dcdbf06 100644
--- a/ec2.tf
+++ b/ec2.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ terraform {
       version = "~> 3.27"
     }
   }
-
   required_version = ">= 0.14.9"
 }
 
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ provider "aws" {
 resource "aws_instance" "app_server" {
   ami           = "ami-830c94e3"
   instance_type = "t2.micro"
-
   tags = {
-    Name = "ExampleAppServerInstance"
+    Name = "AppServerInstance"
   }
 }
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
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index 0000000..e69de29