Terraform - GCP

Introduction

• To get started with GCP using Terraform, we can follow these steps:

1. Install Terraform
   • Download and install Terraform from the official Terraform website.
2. Install Google Cloud SDK
   • Download and install the Google Cloud SDK.
3. Authenticate with Google Cloud
   • Run gcloud auth login to authenticate your Google Cloud account.
4. Set your project
   • Run gcloud config set project [PROJECT_ID] to set the GCP project.
5. Create a Service Account
   • Go to the Google Cloud Console and navigate to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
   • Create a new service account and download the JSON key file.
6. Set Up Terraform Configuration:
   • Create a main.tf file with the following content:

    provider "google" {
      credentials = file("path/to/your-service-account-file.json")
      project     = "your-project-id"
      region      = "us-central1"
    }
   
    resource "google_compute_instance" "vm_instance" {
      name         = "test-instance"
      machine_type = "e2-medium"
      zone         = "us-central1-a"
   
      boot_disk {
        initialize_params {
          image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
        }
      }
   
      network_interface {
        network = "default"
   
        access_config {
        }
      }
    }
   

7. Initialize and Apply Terraform Configuration:
   • Run terraform init to initialize the configuration.
   • Run terraform apply and follow the prompts to create resources.