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Erol Kavas
Erol Kavas
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Erol Kavas

Erol Kavas has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years, with 10 years dedicated to infrastructure, the cloud, and DevOps. He has helped many Canadian and US enterprises and governments to build their cloud foundations and embark upon their containerization and Kubernetes journeys. He is fully certified on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Kubernetes in all disciplines. He is a partner and chief consultant in a DevOps and cloud consulting firm that helps Canadian and US start-ups in their cloud and DevOps journeys. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) regional lead for Canada and trains many new cloud professionals at CloudCamp.
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How to install/prepare Terraform for AWS

Once Terraform is installed, you can create your first infrastructure in AWS. Terraform generates an execution plan outlining the necessary steps to reach the desired infrastructure state and then executes it. As you make changes to the configuration, Terraform can determine the differences and create incremental execution plans to apply the changes.

In the following steps, let’s create an S3 bucket in AWS. First of all, there are some prerequisites to provision AWS resources in Terraform.

Prerequisites

After a successful Terraform installation, you need the following ready for the next steps:

  • The AWS CLI installed
  • An AWS account and associated credentials with permissions to create resources

AWS CLI installation

The AWS CLI is a comprehensive tool that enables you to manage your AWS services from a single, unified interface. It simplifies the management of multiple AWS services and allows for automation...

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Published in: Dec 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803248561

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Erol Kavas

Erol Kavas has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years, with 10 years dedicated to infrastructure, the cloud, and DevOps. He has helped many Canadian and US enterprises and governments to build their cloud foundations and embark upon their containerization and Kubernetes journeys. He is fully certified on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Kubernetes in all disciplines. He is a partner and chief consultant in a DevOps and cloud consulting firm that helps Canadian and US start-ups in their cloud and DevOps journeys. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) regional lead for Canada and trains many new cloud professionals at CloudCamp.
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