๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐–๐’ ๐•๐๐‚ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ

Bharath Kumar Reddy
3 min readOct 4, 2023

Creating a production-ready AWS VPC setup with Terraform, including two Availability Zones, Auto Scaling group, Application Load Balancer, private subnets, NAT gateway, and improved resiliency involves a series of steps. Hereโ€™s a detailed guide:

๐Ÿ. ๐’๐ž๐ญ ๐”๐ฉ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:

- Ensure you have Terraform installed on your local machine.
- Configure AWS credentials to allow Terraform to access your AWS account.

๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ:

Create a new directory for your Terraform project.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐•๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:

In your `main.tf` file, define variables and the AWS provider configuration:

๐Ÿ’. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐•๐๐‚ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ:

Define the VPC, subnets, and routing:

๐Ÿ“. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐๐‚:

๐Ÿ”. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ:

Define security groups for your ALB, instances, and NAT gateways:

๐Ÿ•. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐š๐ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ (๐€๐‹๐):

Define the ALB and its listener and target group:

๐Ÿ–. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ (๐€๐’๐†):

Define the Auto Scaling Group and launch configuration:

๐Ÿ—. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐€๐“ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ:

Define NAT Gateways for both Availability Zones:

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ. ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ:

Define output values to display useful information:

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ. ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:

Run the following commands to initialize, plan, and apply your Terraform configuration:

Review the plan output and apply it when ready. This will create your production-ready AWS VPC setup with private subnets, an ALB, Auto Scaling Group, NAT gateways in both Availability Zones, and improved resiliency. Adjust settings and security rules as needed for your specific use case.

Ready to elevate your AWS infrastructure game? Letโ€™s connect and discuss your cloud architecture goals, share your experiences, or seek advice on optimizing your production setup. The cloud journey is exciting, and Iโ€™m here to help you succeed! Feel free to drop a comment below or send me a direct message โ€” Iโ€™m looking forward to connecting with fellow cloud enthusiasts. ๐Ÿš€

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐๐ข๐ง https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharath-kumar-reddy2103

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Bharath Kumar Reddy

"DevOps Engineer with 5+years of experience streamlining development cycles and enhancing collaboration between development and operations.