Set up the cloud infrastructure¶
If you are using AWS or Google and want to use the 1-click installer, you do not need to install Terraform. You can skip this chapter and go straight to their page.
Getting Terraform¶
The first step is to get a bunch of servers powered on in your cloud. We do this using a tool called Terraform.
Make sure that Terraform is installed by running the following in the command-line:
$ terraform version
you should get output like:
Terraform v1.0.3
Getting the Terraform config¶
Terraform is a tool for creating infrastructure but we need to provide it with some configuration.
Start by making a new directory which will hold all our configuration. Change to that directory in your terminal.
Grab the Terraform config from Git using:
$ git clone https://github.com/clusterinthecloud/terraform.git
$ cd terraform
We’re now ready to start configuring our infrastructure on either: