Running a nginx docker container using terraform

Installing Terraform in window's machine

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• Download Terraform - https://www.terraform.io/downloads Amd64 file
• Unzip the downloaded file and move the exe file to C drive <C:\terraform>
• Set the terraform binary application file to the enviromental variable path
• Verify the installation terraform -help

Running nginx container

First install docker desktop in your windows maching

Steps:

• Create a directory named terraform-docker-container mkdir terraform-docker-container
• Navigate to the created folder cd terraform-docker-container
• Now, create a file main.tf and paste the following code

terraform {
  required_providers {
    docker = {
      source  = "kreuzwerker/docker"
      version = ">= 2.13.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "docker" {
  host    = "npipe:////.//pipe//docker_engine"
}

resource "docker_image" "nginx" {
  name         = "nginx:latest"
  keep_locally = false
}

resource "docker_container" "nginx" {
  image = docker_image.nginx.latest
  name  = "tutorial"
  ports {
    internal = 80
    external = 8000
  }
}

• Initialize the project, which downloads a plugin that allows Terraform to interact with Docker terraform init

 $ terraform init 

• Provision the NGINX server container with apply. When Terraform asks you to confirm type yes and press ENTER. terraform apply

 $ terraform apply 

• Verify the existence of the NGINX container by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser or running docker ps to see the container.

 $ docker ps 

• To stop the container, run terraform destroy terraform destroy

 $ terraform destroy

References

• Terraform Installation