AWS Elastic IP Terraform

AWS Elastic IP Terraform is a tool that enables developers to provision Elastic IPs (EIP) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using the Terraform infrastructure as code (IaC) tool.

What is an Elastic IP?

An Elastic IP is a static, public IP address associated with an AWS account. Unlike standard public IP addresses, Elastic IPs can be remapped to any available instance on the account, allowing for flexible management of IP addressing.

How to use AWS Elastic IP Terraform

Pre-requisites

• An AWS account
• Terraform installed on your local machine

Steps

1. Define the provider and resource in your Terraform configuration file:

provider "aws" {
  region = "us-west-2"
}

resource "aws_eip" "example" {
  vpc = "true"
}

2. Initialize Terraform:

terraform init

3. Review the Terraform execution plan:

terraform plan

4. Apply the configuration to provision the Elastic IP:

terraform apply

More advanced configurations

The example above simply provisions an Elastic IP in the default VPC of the specified AWS region. There are several configurations available for customizing the provision of an Elastic IP, such as:

• Associating the Elastic IP to an EC2 instance
• Configuring the tagging of the Elastic IP
• Configuring the use of an existing VPC instead of the default VPC

For more information on these configurations, please refer to the AWS Elastic IP documentation.

Benefits of AWS Elastic IP Terraform

• Automated, repeatable infrastructure provisioning
• Simple, straightforward configuration
• Customizable configurations
• Integration with existing Terraform workflows

Conclusion

AWS Elastic IP Terraform is a powerful tool for developers looking to manage Elastic IPs on AWS using the Terraform IaC tool. With its simple configuration and powerful customization options, developers can easily automate the provisioning of Elastic IPs to enable flexible IP management on their AWS accounts.