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 {
    }
  }
}

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