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Migrate an Existing Terraform Project into Terraform Cloud

In this hands-on lab, we will take an existing Terraform configuration and convert it to run the code using Terraform Cloud. We will use the CLI-driven method to deploy our resources to AWS with Terraform Cloud doing the bulk of the work.

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Level

Intermediate

Duration

1h 0m

Published

Dec 15, 2022

Challenge

Prepare the Environment
1. Log in to the lab instance.
2. Clone the lab repo to your lab machine:
```
git clone https://github.com/ACloudGuru-Resources/content-introduction-terraform-cloud-lab.git
```
3. Create the terraform-guru organization.
4. Select CLI-driven workflow.
5. Create the terraform-cloud-guru workspace.
6. Create a variable set by going to your workspace settings and then Variable sets. Click Create variable set.
7. Use AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment variables.
8. In the AWS Management Console, create an access key for the cloud_user and secret access key, and use those values for the variable set.
9. In the user settings, create a token for the CLI to use with Terraform Cloud called terraform-cloud. You must copy the key, run terraform login in your terminal, and follow the prompts.
Challenge

Migrate the Existing Terraform Project into Terraform Cloud
1. Modify the main.tf file, and add the Terraform Cloud config.
2. Add the Terraform variables in Terraform Cloud for your workspace for the ami, instance_count,instance_type, and subnet
  
  Note: You will need to look this up from the console or CLI. All other variables will be in the variables.tf file.
3. Modify the variables so they use the Terraform Cloud variables.
Challenge

Deploy the EC2 Instances with Terraform Cloud
1. Initialize your working directory.
2. Validate your code.
3. Apply your configuration, and view it in your terminal and Terraform Cloud Runs section.
4. Check the AWS Management Console to verify the instances were created.
Challenge

Create a Terraform Module from Existing Code
1. Create a GitHub repo called terraform-as-ec2-psacg.
2. Add the Terraform Cloud application, and configure it.
3. Add the module configuration to your repo called main.tf.
4. Add a tag to the repo of 1.0.0.
5. Add the module to Terraform Cloud Registry.
Challenge

Modify the Terraform Configuration to use the Module and Redeploy
1. Edit the main Terraform configuration to use the module.
2. Initialize the Terraform working directory.
3. Validate the syntax.
4. Apply your new configuration.
5. Confirm the changes.

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