<ul><li>Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform simplifies cloud resource provisioning and management.</li><li>This article guides users in setting up an EC2 instance on AWS using Terraform step by step.</li><li>Prerequisites include an AWS account, AWS CLI, and Terraform CLI installed.</li><li>Setting up AWS environment involves creating an IAM user and configuring AWS CLI for authentication.</li><li>Creating a Terraform configuration includes defining variables, providers, security groups, key pairs, and EC2 instances.</li><li>After defining configurations, users validate, review an execution plan, and apply changes to provision resources.</li><li>Verification of provisioned EC2 instances is done through the AWS Management Console.</li><li>Cleaning up provisioned resources is crucial to prevent unnecessary charges, done using 'terraform destroy' command.</li><li>Best practices include version control, securing sensitive data, following the Principle of Least Privilege, modularizing configurations, and using remote state.</li><li>This tutorial equips users with core Terraform workflow, managing AWS resources effectively using IaC.</li></ul>

Provisioning an AWS EC2 Instance with Terraform

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