Managing S3 Buckets and Policies with Terraform

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Managing S3 Buckets and Policies with Terraform

In this lab, you will learn how to create and manage Amazon S3 buckets and their corresponding policies using Terraform. By leveraging Terraform’s infrastructure-as-code capabilities, you can define S3 bucket configurations, set up security policies, and implement access controls in a structured and repeatable manner. By the end of this lab, you will understand how to effectively manage S3 resources and enforce bucket policies programmatically. This approach not only reduces manual configuration errors, but also allows for scalable and auditable management of cloud storage solutions as your infrastructure evolves.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Log into Your Virtual Machine and Setup an IAM User to Assign Credentials
1. Use the provided credentials to connect to your virtual machine, use "cloud_user" as your username and replace "your_vm_public_ip_address" with the correct IP address.
2. Open your browser in incognito mode and navigate to the identity and access management section.
3. Go to "User Management," start creating a new user, and select "Attach policies directly" to give full admin access.
4. Complete user creation and generate access and secret keys under security credentials.
Challenge

Install Git and Clone Your Repository to Install Terraform
1. Update your package list.
2. Install Git and confirm the installation using sudo yum install git -y.
3. Clone the repository and navigate into it.
Challenge

Run the Install Script to Install the Latest Version of Terraform and Configure AWS
1. Ensure the script has executable permissions by using chmod +x "your script name"
2. Run the script to install required packages.
3. Configure the AWS CLI with the previously created user's credentials, entering the Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, region, and output format when prompted.
Challenge

Initialize, Plan, and Apply the Terraform Code to Deploy the Modules for your Infrastructure
1. Navigate to the folder with your main configuration file and run the command to initialize Terraform.
2. Use the command to preview planned changes.
3. Run the command to apply changes and create resources as defined in main.tf, confirming with "yes" when prompted.
Challenge

Verify Resource Creation and Upload an Object
1. Once the terraform apply command completes, verify that the resources have been successfully created in your AWS Console.
2. Upload an object to S3 and test to see if it has public access.

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