Terraform file organization - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define the main Terraform configuration file.

Terraform

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  ami           = "ami-12345678"
  instance_type = "[1]"
}

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At2.micro

Bt3.nano

Ct3.micro

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Common Mistakes

Using invalid instance types like 't3.nano' which may not be supported.

Typos in instance type string.

The instance_type must be a valid AWS instance type like t2.micro.

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medium

Complete the code to declare a variable for the AWS region.

Terraform

variable "region" {
  type    = string
  default = "[1]"
}

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Aap-south-1

Bus-east-1

Ceu-central-1

Dus-west-2

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Common Mistakes

Using invalid region codes.

Forgetting to put the region in quotes.

The default AWS region is often set to us-east-1 for many examples.

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hard

Fix the error in the provider block to specify the AWS region variable.

Terraform

provider "aws" {
  region = [1]
}

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Aregion

B"region"

Cvar.region

Daws_region

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Common Mistakes

Using the variable name without var. prefix.

Putting the variable name in quotes, making it a literal string.

To use a variable in Terraform, prefix it with var.. So var.region accesses the variable named 'region'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create an output that shows the instance's public IP.

Terraform

output "instance_ip" {
  value = [1].[2]
}

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Aaws_instance.example

Bpublic_ip

Cprivate_ip

Dinstance_id

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Common Mistakes

Using private_ip instead of public_ip.

Referencing the wrong resource name.

The output value should reference the resource name and the attribute public_ip to show the instance's public IP address.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a resource with a tag name and a count of 2.

Terraform

resource "aws_instance" "[1]" {
  ami           = "ami-12345678"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"
  count         = [2]
  tags = {
    Name = "[3]"
  }
}

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Aweb_server

B2

CMyServer

Ddb_server

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Common Mistakes

Using count as a string instead of a number.

Mismatching resource name and tag name.

The resource name is web_server, count is 2 to create two instances, and the tag Name is set to MyServer.