Install terraform on ubuntu and Create EC2 instance on AWS using terraform script

Open terminal and download terraform using the following command:

1. sudo apt-get update
2. wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.13/terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip
3. sudo unzip ./terraform_0.11.13_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
4. terraform -v

Now, create terraform script and run the following command to instance:

1. nano terraform.tf

provider "aws" {
  region     = "region"
  access_key = "accesskey"
  secret_key = "secretkey"
}

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  ami = "ami-8803e0f0"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"
}

2. terraform init
3. terraform plan
4. terraform apply

Note: Enter yes after apply command.

OUTPUT:

You see that Ec2 instance is running in your AWS Console.