Terraform
Automatically setting up a server and deploying web applications.
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Create a private key "$ openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA - out *secret_key.*pem -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048"
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Crete Public Key "$ openssl rsa -pubout -in secret_key.pem -out public_key.pem"
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Download terraform to your machine
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Move the terraform executable to either your usr/local/bin or variable Paths
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Navigate to access.tf and add your AWS access and secret key
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Navigate to variables.tf and add your public key and the names of any security group.
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In the terminal, run Terraform Plan and check the output
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In the terminal, run Terraform Apply
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Check AWS console to see if the instance has started.
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SSH into the instance using your private key
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Setting up the server through SSH. echo 'http://the_new_ec2_instance.amazon.com proxy / localhost:3000{ websocket transparent }' >/var/snap/rocketchat-server/current/Caddyfile
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sudo systemctl restart snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-caddy
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sudo systemctl status snap.rocketchat-server.rocketchat-caddy