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Author: ArmanpreetGhotra

README_EC2.md

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 ## Accessing the EC2 Instance
 
+Login into AWS Academy lab and then 
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+To enable Terraform and AWS CLI to communicate with AWS, you need to configure your AWS credentials and config files on your local machine:
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+- Create or open the AWS credentials file at `~/.aws/credentials` and add your credentials:
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+Create or open the AWS config file at ~/.aws/config and set the default region and output format:
+
+```bash
+[default]
+region = us-east-1
+output = json
+
+
+```
+
+
+```ini
+[default]
+aws_access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+aws_secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+
 To connect to the EC2 instance via SSH, use the following command:
 
 ```bash
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 - Key pair creation for SSH access
 - Automated waiting for instance SSH availability
 - Triggering Ansible playbook execution to provision the EC2 instance after launch
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+
+### Running Terraform
+Make sure Terraform is installed locally.
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+Initialize Terraform:
+
+```bash
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+terraform init
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+```
+
+```bash
+Apply the Terraform plan:
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+bash
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+terraform apply
+Confirm by typing yes when prompted.
+```
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+Terraform will output the public IP address of the EC2 instance — use this IP to SSH.
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