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David Wright
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887
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English
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Summary

In this post, we'll walk through setting up and using the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) for Terraform on AWS module. To deploy this module, you need to install Terraform, sign up for Terraform Cloud, configure your API access, generate a token, add it to the CLI, and then deploy your first module. The VPC pattern allows you to set up a VPC that provides a networking foundation based on AWS best practices for your infrastructure. You can use this module to quickly deploy Terraform-based deployments on AWS by calling it multiple times within the same solution or in separate ones. There are currently 15 modules available, including the VPC environment, which has both public and private subnets where you can launch AWS services and other resources based on best practices. Each module includes availability from registry, getting started provisioning instructions, and a readme that details how to import it into your Terraform files. After setting up the basics, you can deploy this module by cloning the repository, building the workspace in Terraform Cloud, creating a remote file, and then applying the configuration. The module uses Terraform Cloud, which is free for up to five users, and provides a developer preview of Terraform modules on AWS, published under an open source license with the source code available on GitHub.