Terraform
Install Terraform downloaded from this website
Place it in your $PATH variable for ease of use. You might also like this Makefile which will install also Packer if you want it to.
You will need API keys to AWS to be able to use it. MFA + AssumeRole is not covered here.
To use the variables without passing it or typing every time you need to run Terraform:
export TF_VAR_aws_access_key=ACCESSKEY
export TF_VAR_aws_secret_key=SECRETKEYWHICHISVERYLONGSTRING
Or, you can also use AWS_PROFILE:
AWS_PROFILE=someprofile
Download Terraform (and Packer)
make terraform
Edit Makefile to update Terraform version
Validating template:
terraform verify
Testing
Check what would Terraform do if ran right now:
terraform plan
To check what would be removed if you want to destroy infrastructure:
terraform plan -destroy
IMPORTANT: Have in mind that by default terraform state file is being saved locally only.
Running Terraform on a particular account, environment and zone
cd terraform/accounts/int/eu-central-1/
terraform plan