Google Cloud Platform - Simple Web Server

Deploy simple web server provided by nginx in debian 10 to google cloud platform using terraform.

Deployed Infrastructure

Dependency Graph

Setup

1. prerequisites installation

   1. Google Cloud Platform
      • create a project
   2. install Google Cloud SDK
      • authenticate yourself
   3. install Terraform

2. environment configuration

   cat <<EOS > ~/.gcp
   export GCP_PROJECT_ID=<your GCP project name>
   export GCP_ACCOUNT_FILE=~/.config/gcloud/legacy_credentials/<your@email.com>/adc.json
   export GCP_ZONE=europe-west3-b
   export GCP_REGION=europe-west3
   
   export TF_VAR_gcp_zone="\$GCP_ZONE"
   export TF_VAR_gcp_credentials="\$GCP_ACCOUNT_FILE"
   export TF_VAR_gcp_project_id="\$GCP_PROJECT_ID"
   export TF_VAR_gcp_region="\$GCP_REGION"
   EOS
   
   # secure the file
   chmod 0600 ~/.gcp
   
   # load the file
   source ~/.gcp

3. clone this repository and cd into it

4. create SSH key pair

   ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "terraform" -f ./ssh/key

5. configure terraform variables (set your custom values)

   # create variable file
   cp .terraform.tfvars.example terraform.tfvars
   
   # set custom variable values
   vi terraform.tfvars

6. deployment

   # download module(s)
   terraform init
   
   # deploy
   terraform apply