Build, change, and destroy Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure using Terraform. Step-by-step, command-line tutorials will walk you through the Terraform basics for the first time.
Install Terraform on Mac, Linux, or Windows by downloading the binary or using a package manager (Homebrew or Chocolatey). Then create a Docker container locally by following a quick-start tutorial to check that Terraform installed correctly.
Authenticate to Google Cloud and create a VPC network. Write and validate Terraform configuration, initialize a configuration directory, and plan and apply a configuration to create infrastructure.
Add a Google Compute Engine VM instance to a VPC by referencing the VPC in its configuration using arguments. Modify the instance by adding tags, and implement a destructive change.
Declare your GCP credential location, infrastructure region and zone as variables. Reference these variables in Terraform configuration. Define them using command line flags, environment variables, .tfvars files or default values.