diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/Makefile b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d368f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.PHONY: init
+init:
+	bash set_region_for_makefile.sh && terraform init && terraform -chdir=./working-environment init
+
+.PHONY: apply
+apply:
+	terraform apply && terraform -chdir=./working-environment apply
+
+.PHONY: destroy
+destroy:
+	terraform -chdir=./working-environment destroy && terraform destroy
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/confirm.sh b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/confirm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3a6c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/confirm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+export WORKBENCH=$(kubectl get pods -l app=tutorial  -o json | jq -r ".items[0].metadata.name")
+rc=$(echo $?)
+
+if [ $rc -ne 0 ]
+then
+  echo "Workbench Pod not found. Use kubectl manually, or try again in a moment"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo	"Confirming access to Kubernetes resources"
+kubectl exec -it "${WORKBENCH}" -- kubectl get pods --all-namespaces >/dev/null
+krc=$(echo $?)
+sleep 2
+echo	"Confirming access to HCP Consul"
+kubectl exec -it "${WORKBENCH}" -- consul members >/dev/null
+crc=$(echo $?)
+sleep 2
+echo	"Confirming access to HCP Vault"
+kubectl exec -it "${WORKBENCH}" -- vault status >/dev/null
+vrc=$(echo $?)
+if [ $krc -ne 0 ] || [ $crc -ne 0 ] || [ $vrc -ne 0 ]
+then
+  echo "Access failed to one or more resources."
+  echo "Kubernetes returned: $krc"
+  echo "Consul returned $crc"
+  echo "Vault returned $vrc"
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "Access confirmed!"
+  exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/data.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/data.tf
index ebd5266..6814dd8 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/data.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/data.tf
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 # The identity of the AWS User running this terraform project
-data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}
\ No newline at end of file
+data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}
+
+data "aws_availability_zones" "current" {
+  filter {
+    name   = "opt-in-status"
+    values = ["opt-in-not-required"]
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/main.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/main.tf
index 41fb2a8..b0cf14d 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/main.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/main.tf
@@ -1,30 +1,43 @@
+resource "random_string" "identifier" {
+  length  = 6
+  upper   = false
+  special = false
+  numeric = true
+}
+
+locals {
+  identifier        = random_string.identifier.id
+  hvn_name          = "${var.hcp_hvn_config.name}-${local.identifier}"
+  peer_id           = "${var.hcp_peering_identifier}-${local.identifier}"
+  vault_cluster     = "${var.hcp_vault_cluster_name}-${local.identifier}"
+  consul_datacenter = "${var.hcp_consul_datacenter_name}-${local.identifier}"
+  eks_name          = "${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name}-${local.identifier}"
+  policy_name       = "${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.policy_name}-${local.identifier}"
+}
+
 # Builds the base VPC for the AWS EKS Cluster
 module "aws_vpc" {
   # Full URL due to this issue: https://github.com/VladRassokhin/intellij-hcl/issues/365
   source             = "registry.terraform.io/terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
   version            = "3.11.5"
-  name               = var.cluster_and_vpc_info.vpc_name
+  name               = local.identifier
   cidr               = var.aws_cidr_block.allocation
-  azs                = var.availability_zones
+  azs                = data.aws_availability_zones.current.names
   private_subnets    = var.aws_cidr_block.subnets.private
   public_subnets     = var.aws_cidr_block.subnets.public
   enable_nat_gateway = true
   enable_vpn_gateway = false
   # internal-lb: Permits internal Load Balancer creation when a LoadBalancer type is passed.
   private_subnet_tags = {
-    "kubernetes.io/cluster/${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name}" = "shared"
-    "kubernetes.io/role/internal-elb"                        = "1"
+    "kubernetes.io/cluster/${local.eks_name}" = "shared"
+    "kubernetes.io/role/internal-elb"         = "1"
   }
   #elb: Permits Elastic Load Balancer creation when a LoadBalancer type is passed.
   public_subnet_tags = {
-    "kubernetes.io/cluster/${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name}" = "shared"
-    "kubernetes.io/role/elb"                                 = "1"
+    "kubernetes.io/cluster/${local.eks_name}" = "shared"
+    "kubernetes.io/role/elb"                  = "1"
   }
 
-  tags = {
-    Terraform   = "true"
-    Environment = var.cluster_and_vpc_info.stage
-  }
 }
 
 # Creates required AWS Services to complete the peering relationship. If needed later
@@ -41,7 +54,7 @@ module "hcp_networking_primitives" {
   source         = "./modules/hcp_networking_primitives"
   cloud_provider = var.cloud_provider
   hcp_region     = var.hcp_region
-  hvn_name       = var.hcp_hvn_config.name
+  hvn_name       = local.hvn_name
   cidr_block     = var.hcp_hvn_config.allocation
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +69,7 @@ module "hcp_networking" {
   aws_vpc_cidr_block         = var.aws_cidr_block.allocation
   hvn_link                   = module.hcp_networking_primitives.hvn_link
   hvn_name                   = module.hcp_networking_primitives.hcp_vpn_id
-  hvn_peering_identifier     = var.hcp_peering_identifier
+  hvn_peering_identifier     = local.peer_id
   hcp_hvn_cidr_block         = var.hcp_hvn_config.allocation
   public_route_table_ids     = module.aws_vpc.public_route_table_ids
   private_route_table_ids    = module.aws_vpc.private_route_table_ids
@@ -66,8 +79,8 @@ module "hcp_networking" {
 module "hcp_applications" {
   source                    = "./modules/hcp_applications"
   hvn_id                    = module.hcp_networking_primitives.hcp_vpn_id
-  consul_cluster_datacenter = var.hcp_consul_datacenter_name
-  vault_cluster_name        = var.hcp_vault_cluster_name
+  consul_cluster_datacenter = local.consul_datacenter
+  vault_cluster_name        = local.vault_cluster
   hcp_consul_tier           = var.hcp_hvn_config.consul_tier
   hcp_vault_tier            = var.hcp_hvn_config.vault_tier
 }
@@ -77,11 +90,9 @@ module "eks" {
   # Full URL due to this issue: https://github.com/VladRassokhin/intellij-hcl/issues/365
   source                          = "registry.terraform.io/terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
   version                         = "18.9.0"
-  cluster_name                    = var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name
+  cluster_name                    = local.eks_name
   cluster_endpoint_private_access = true
   cluster_endpoint_public_access  = true
-
-
   cluster_addons = {
     coredns = {
       resolve_conflicts = "OVERWRITE"
@@ -117,35 +128,29 @@ module "eks" {
   tags = {
     Environment = var.cluster_and_vpc_info.stage
   }
-
 }
 
 # Update local environment's kubeconfig file.
 resource "null_resource" "update_kubeconfig" {
 
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    # Create empty kubeconfig if it doesn't exist. If it does exist, touch does nothing, but back up the config in either case and use a kubeconfig that is unique for this tutorial. Is deleted during terraform destroy
-    command = "mv ~/.kube/config ~/.kube/config.bkp && aws eks --region ${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.region} update-kubeconfig --name ${module.eks.cluster_id} --alias ${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name}"
+    command = "aws eks --region ${var.region} update-kubeconfig --name ${module.eks.cluster_id} --alias ${module.eks.cluster_id}"
   }
   depends_on = [module.eks]
 }
 
-# This module's resources only run when `terraform destroy` is invoked by the user. A "start_cleanup" variable
-# is used to make sure cleanup scripts are not run during a follow up terraform apply, and only during terraform destroy.
-# This is passed as TF_VAR_start_cleanup=true to the main project by the reader at the end of the tutorial:
-# export TF_VAR_run_cleanup=true; terraform destroy -auto-approve
 module "cleanup" {
   source        = "./modules/cleanup"
   vpc_id        = module.aws_vpc.vpc_id
   region        = var.region
-  cluster_name  = var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name
+  cluster_name  = local.eks_name
   start_cleanup = var.run_cleanup
 }
 
 # This module does all the OIDC magic for ServiceAccount -> IAM Role mapping
 module "iam_role_for_service_accounts" {
   source    = "registry.terraform.io/terraform-aws-modules/iam/aws//modules/iam-role-for-service-accounts-eks"
-  role_name = lower(var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name)
+  role_name = local.eks_name
   version   = "4.14.0"
 
   oidc_providers = {
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ module "eks_iam" {
   source      = "./modules/iam"
   cluster_arn = module.eks.cluster_arn
   description = var.cluster_and_vpc_info.policy_description
-  policy_name = var.cluster_and_vpc_info.policy_name
+  policy_name = local.policy_name
   role_name   = module.iam_role_for_service_accounts.iam_role_name
 }
 
@@ -186,12 +191,12 @@ consul_secret_id ="${module.hcp_applications.consul_root_token_secret_id}"
 vault_addr="${module.hcp_applications.vault_cluster_host}"
 vault_namespace="${var.hcp_vault_default_namespace}"
 vault_token="${module.hcp_applications.vault_admin_token}"
-kube_context="${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name}"
+kube_context="${local.eks_name}"
 role_arn="${module.iam_role_for_service_accounts.iam_role_arn}"
 profile_name="${var.profile_name}"
 cluster_service_account_name="${var.kube_service_account_name}"
-cluster_name="${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.name}"
-cluster_region="${var.cluster_and_vpc_info.region}"
+cluster_name="${local.eks_name}"
+cluster_region="${var.region}"
+consul_datacenter="${module.hcp_applications.consul_datacenter}"
 CONFIGURATION
 }
-
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/hcp_applications/outputs.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/hcp_applications/outputs.tf
index adae22d..62b19e6 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/hcp_applications/outputs.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/hcp_applications/outputs.tf
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ output "consul_cluster_host" {
   value = hcp_consul_cluster.server.consul_private_endpoint_url
 }
 
+# Consul datacenter name
+output "consul_datacenter" {
+  value = hcp_consul_cluster.server.datacenter
+}
+
 # The Consul config file to setup the working environment
 output "consul_config_file" {
   value = hcp_consul_cluster.server.consul_config_file
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/main.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
index e639d1f..0ec340e 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ resource "kubernetes_config_map" "aws_profile_config" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "kubernetes_config_map" "consul_values" {
+  metadata {
+    name = "consul-values.yaml"
+  }
+  data = {
+    "consul-values.yaml" = templatefile("${path.module}/template_scripts/consul-values.tftpl", {
+      vault_addr = var.vault_addr
+      # remove "https://" from the URL for correct format in helm chart
+      hcp_consul_addr = substr(var.consul_http_addr, 8, -1)
+      kube_control_plane = var.consul_k8s_api_aws,
+      datacenter = var.consul_datacenter
+    })
+  }
+}
+
 # Create a service account for this pod
 resource "kubernetes_service_account" "tutorial" {
   metadata {
@@ -125,6 +140,13 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "workingEnvironment" {
             default_mode = var.aws_creds_options.file_permissions
           }
         }
+        volume {
+          name = "consul-values"
+          config_map {
+            name         = "consul-values.yaml"
+            default_mode = "0755"
+          }
+        }
         volume {
           name = var.aws_profile_config_options.volume_name
           config_map {
@@ -192,6 +214,12 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "workingEnvironment" {
             sub_path   = var.aws_creds_options.config_map_filename
             read_only  = true
           }
+          volume_mount {
+            mount_path = "/consul-values.yaml"
+            name       = "consul-values"
+            sub_path   = "consul-values.yaml"
+            read_only  = false
+          }
           volume_mount {
             mount_path = var.aws_profile_config_options.mount_path
             name       = var.aws_profile_config_options.volume_name
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/template_scripts/consul-values.tftpl b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/template_scripts/consul-values.tftpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d40d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/template_scripts/consul-values.tftpl
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+global:
+  name: consul
+  enabled: false
+  datacenter: ${datacenter}
+  image: hashicorp/consul-enterprise:1.11.4-ent
+  enableConsulNamespaces: true
+  acls:
+    manageSystemACLs: true
+    bootstrapToken:
+      secretName: consul-bootstrap-token
+      secretKey: token
+  gossipEncryption:
+    secretName: consul-gossip-key
+    secretKey: key
+  tls:
+    enabled: true
+    enableAutoEncrypt: true
+    caCert:
+      secretName: consul-ca-cert
+      secretKey: tls.crt
+externalServers:
+  enabled: true
+  hosts:
+  - ${hcp_consul_addr}
+  httpsPort: 443
+  useSystemRoots: true
+  k8sAuthMethodHost: ${kube_control_plane}
+client:
+  enabled: true
+  grpc: true
+  join:
+  - ${hcp_consul_addr}
+connectInject:
+  enabled: true
+  envoyExtraArgs: "--component-log-level upstream:debug,http:debug,router:debug,config:debug"
+  aclBindingRuleSelector: ''
+  consulNamespaces:
+    mirroringK8S: true
+  transparentProxy:
+    defaultEnabled: false
+controller:
+  enabled: true
+secretsBackend:
+  vault:
+    enabled: true
+    # https://www.consul.io/docs/k8s/helm#v-global-secretsbackend-vault-consulclientrole
+    consulClientRole: consul-consul-client
+    consulCARole: consul-consul-client
+    # https://www.consul.io/docs/k8s/helm#v-global-secretsbackend-vault-connectca
+    connectCA:
+      address: ${vault_addr}
+      rootPKIPath: /connect_root
+      intermediatePKIPath: /connect_inter
+      additionalConfig: |
+        {
+          "connect": [{
+            "ca_config": [{
+              "leaf_cert_ttl": "72h",
+              "intermediate_cert_ttl": "8760h",
+              "rotation_period": "2160h",
+              "namespace": "admin"
+            }]
+          }]
+        }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/variables.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/variables.tf
index 3eaa759..422d9d8 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/variables.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/modules/kubernetes/variables.tf
@@ -141,3 +141,8 @@ variable "kube_context" {
   description = "The name of the kube context to set in the config file for kubectl"
 }
 
+variable "consul_datacenter" {
+  type = string
+  description = "The name of the Consul datacenter"
+}
+
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/provider.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/provider.tf
index f9b2f51..e4713c4 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/provider.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/provider.tf
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ terraform {
 
 provider "aws" {
   region = var.region
-  default_tags {
-    tags = var.default_tags
-  }
 }
 
 provider "hcp" {}
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/set_region_for_makefile.sh b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/set_region_for_makefile.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96fc025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/set_region_for_makefile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+TF_VAR_region=$(read -p "Enter the AWS Region to use for this project (e.g. us-east-1) > ")
+
+if [ ! $TF_VAR_region ]; then
+  # Set val if user skips entering any intput, and default to us-east-1
+  TF_VAR_region="us-east-1"
+  echo "region=\"${TF_VAR_region}\"" > terraform.tfvars
+  echo "hcp_region=\"${TF_VAR_region}\"" >> terraform.tfvars
+fi
+
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/variables.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/variables.tf
index 66738e0..89b7c2b 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/variables.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/variables.tf
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
 variable "region" {
-  default     = "us-east-1"
-  description = "Region in which to run this terraform code for the AWS Provider"
+  description = "AWS Region to deploy this terraform code"
+  validation {
+    condition = contains([
+      "eu-north-1",
+      "ap-south-1",
+      "eu-west-3",
+      "eu-west-2",
+      "eu-west-1",
+      "ap-northeast-3",
+      "ap-northeast-2",
+      "ap-northeast-1",
+      "sa-east-1",
+      "ca-central-1",
+      "ap-southeast-1",
+      "ap-southeast-2",
+      "eu-central-1",
+      "us-east-1",
+      "us-east-2",
+      "us-west-1",
+      "us-west-2"
+    ], var.region)
+    error_message = "The name of the region you entered is invalid. Please try again. \n Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-regions-availability-zones.html ."
+  }
 }
 
 variable "node_group_configuration" {
@@ -16,12 +37,6 @@ variable "node_group_configuration" {
   }
 }
 
-variable "availability_zones" {
-  description = "Availability Zones for the EKS Cluster deployed in main.tf"
-  default     = ["us-east-1a", "us-east-1b", "us-east-1c"]
-  type        = list(string)
-}
-
 variable "default_tags" {
   type        = map(string)
   description = "Default tags to pass to AWS resources"
@@ -60,7 +75,6 @@ variable "hcp_peering_identifier" {
 variable "hcp_region" {
   description = "HCP region for HCP-created resources"
   type        = string
-  default     = "us-east-1"
 }
 
 variable "cloud_provider" {
@@ -83,7 +97,6 @@ variable "hcp_vault_cluster_name" {
 
 variable "cluster_and_vpc_info" {
   default = {
-    region             = "us-east-1"
     name               = "tutorialCluster"
     vpc_name           = "hcpTutorialAwsVpc"
     policy_name        = "workingenvironmentpolicy"
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/main.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/main.tf
index 0d07a5a..0914f5b 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/main.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/main.tf
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ module "kubernetes" {
   cluster_service_account_name = var.cluster_service_account_name
   cluster_name = var.cluster_name
   cluster_region = var.cluster_region
+  consul_datacenter = var.consul_datacenter
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/variables.tf b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/variables.tf
index af09c2b..024ecf5 100644
--- a/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/variables.tf
+++ b/hcp-consul-hcp-vault-ca/working-environment/variables.tf
@@ -87,4 +87,9 @@ variable "cluster_region" {
 variable "cluster_service_account_name" {
   type = string
   description = "Service account name for the Pod"
+}
+
+variable "consul_datacenter" {
+  type = string
+  description = "Name of the HCP Consul datacenter"
 }
\ No newline at end of file