Delete EC2 Instance Using Terraform Kodekloud Engineer Task Success

 Question : During the migration process, several resources were created under the AWS account. Some of these test resources are no longer needed at the moment, so we need to clean them up temporarily. One such instance is currently unused and should be deleted.

1) Delete the ec2 instance named devops-ec2 present in us-east-1 region using terraform. Make sure to keep the provisioning code, as we might need to provision this instance again later.

2) Before submitting your task, make sure instance is in terminated state.

The Terraform working directory is /home/bob/terraform.

Note: Right-click under the EXPLORER section in VS Code and select Open in Integrated Terminal to launch the terminal.

Please Note:-  Perform the below commands based on your question server,  user name & other details that might differ as per the task.

Solution:  

1. In VS Code Editor create a new file  main.tf 

      (Refer Video below for better understanding )

Code you will get on Git Lab repository 

https://gitlab.com/nb-tech-support/devops/-/blob/master/Terraform

1  check the existing instance running 

bob@iac-server ~/terraform via 💠 default ➜ aws ec2 describe-instances --output table

2  Execute given below command one another.

terraform destroy

3. Click on Finish & Confirm to complete the task successful

Happy Learning!!!!

Apart from this if you need more clarity,  I have made a  tutorial video on this , 

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