Configuring Terraform to use for deploying AWS Infrastructure
Terraform is a powerful tool for configuring infrastructure on a long list of cloud-based systems. Since AWS is such a complex system we look for simpler ways to do anything on AWS. Get started means installing and configuring the AWS CLI before using Terraform to simplify AWS deployment.
Easily launch EC2 instance, with SSH access, using Terraform
Terraform is a powerful tool for configuring infrastructure on a long list of cloud-based systems. Since AWS is such a complex system we look for simpler ways to do anything on AWS. Terraform promises to make AWS deployments much simpler. To test that let's learn how to deploy some EC2 instances on AWS using Terraform.
Easily launch RDS and EC2 instance, with SSH access, using Terraform
We commonly must deploy on AWS both running code and a database service. AWS offers a cloud based database system, RDS, and in this tutorial we will look at launching an AWS EC2 instance along with an RDS database inside a custom-built AWS Virtual Private Cluster (VPC). The RDS database will not be reachable from the public Internet, and only from within the VPC we will create. Our tool for this will be Terraform, a powerful tool for configuring infrastructure on a long list of cloud-based systems
Terraform deployment of a simple multi-tier Node.js and Nginx deployment to AWS ECS
Amazon's AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) lets us deploy Docker containers to the AWS cloud. ECS is a very complex beast to tame, but Terraform offers a way to easily describe infrastructure builds not only AWS but on many other cloud services. Using Terraform is hugely simpler than any tool offered by AWS ECS.
Terraform deployment on AWS ECS a multi-tier Node.js and Nginx system using Service Discovery
Amazon's AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) lets us deploy Docker containers to the AWS cloud. In earlier postings of this series we have hosted a NGINX/Node.js application stack using Docker on our laptop, and on AWS ECS, then we hosted it on AWS ECS using Terraform. In this tutorial we switch to hosting the application using two AWS ECS Service instances, and use AWS Service Discovery between the instances.
