Terraform for Beginners: Building Real AWS Infrastructure Step by Step

I took the following steps to complete this beginner friendly Project:

Step 1: Initialize the Project

terraform init

This downloads providers and prepares the backend.

Step 2: Define Providers

provider "aws" {
  region = "us-east-1"
}

****Step 3: Provision EC2

resource "aws_instance" "app" {
  ami           = "ami-0abcdef"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"
}

****Step 4: Add RDS and S3

RDS for structured data

S3 for files and backups

****Step 5: Apply and Observe

terraform apply

****Key Learning

Terraform doesn’t just create infrastructure. It documents intent, which is critical in DevSecOps environments.