Remote Provisioners
Learn how to run commands on Terraform resources after they’ve been created.
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Working with remote provisioners
Remote or remote-exec
provisioners are used to run remotely on a target resource. Remote provisioners enable us to configure a remote resource flexibly. Let’s consider three scenarios where remote-exec
provisioners shine:
Imagine a situation where we’re provisioning an EC2 instance that’s intended for use as a web server, and we need to install some packages alongside it. We can set up the node by following the steps below:
- Add the block below to configure the VPC, internet gateway, routing, and subnet to use.
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