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Create Automation for Building Infrastructure with Gradle and Terraform
Hey, Gurus! Welcome to the lab. In this lab, you will be using the Terraform Gradle plugin to create infrastructure in AWS in your Gradle build that will allow you to deploy infrastructure as well as use that infrastructure for your Java app build. Let's get started.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Create the Gradle Project and Configure
In your terminal:
- Configure the AWS CLI.
- Install SDKMAN using the curl command provided.
- Install Java.
- Install Gradle.
- Create the
guru_tf
project directory. - Move into the
guru_tf
directory. - Initialize the
guru_tf
directory to build the scaffolding for the project.
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Challenge
Modify the Terraform Configuration
In your terminal:
- Move the files found in the
gradle_lab/terraform
directory to theguru_tf
directory. - Add the
src
directory to your build. - Modify the build file and add the Terraform Gradle plugin and the source directory for your Terraform files.
- Move the files found in the
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Challenge
Deploy the EC2 Instance with Terraform and Gradle
In your terminal:
- Initialize your Terraform directory using the Gradle Terraform init task.
- Use the Gradle Terraform apply task to deploy the infrastructure.
- Confirm that the infrastructure has been created.
- Use the Gradle Terraform destroy task to destroy the infrastructure.
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