Steps to set up an AWS Terraform Landing Zone Accelerator
Once you have familiarized yourself with the basics of Terraform, AWS Organizations, and security best practices, you can begin the process of setting up your landing zone. Here are some high-level steps to set up an AWS Terraform Landing Zone Accelerator:
1. Set up your AWS accounts: Before you can set up your landing zone, you will need to have one or more AWS accounts in place. You can use the AWS Organizations service to set up your accounts, or you can create them manually.
2. Prepare your environment: You will need to set up a few prerequisites, such as creating an S3 bucket to store your Terraform state files and setting up an IAM role to allow Terraform to access your AWS resources.
3. Clone the AWS Terraform Landing Zone Accelerator repository: You can find the repository on the AWS GitHub page.
4. Configure your Terraform variables: You will need to provide Terraform with the necessary information, such as your AWS credentials, the names of your accounts, and other settings.
5. Initialize Terraform: Once you have cloned the repository and configured your variables, you can run the terraform init command to initialize Terraform.
6. Run Terraform plan: After Terraform is initialized, you can run the terraform plan command to see what changes will be made to your environment.
7. Apply Terraform: If the plan looks good, you can run the terraform apply command to apply the changes to your environment.
8. Configure the landing zone: After Terraform has created the necessary resources, you can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI to configure the landing zone.
9. Create additional accounts: Once the landing zone is set up, you can use the AWS Organizations service to create additional accounts as needed.
10. Manage your environment: You can use Terraform to manage your environment by making changes to the Terraform configuration files and running terraform apply again.