DetectionLab/Terraform/Pre-Built_AMIs.md

Method 2 - Use Pre-Built AMIs

This method uses Terraform to bring DetectionLab infrastructure online by using pre-built shared AMIs.

The supplied Terraform configuration can then be used to create EC2 instances and all requisite networking components.

Prerequisites

• A machine to build DetectionLab with
• An AWS account
• An AWS user and access keys to use with the AWS CLI
• Optional but recommended: a separate user for Terraform

Step by step guide

1. Configure the AWS command line utility
2. Copy the file at /DetectionLab/Terraform/terraform.tfvars.example to /DetectionLab/Terraform/terraform.tfvars
3. In terraform.tfvars, provide overrides for the variables specified in variables.tf
4. From the /DetectionLab/Terraform/ directory, run terraform init to setup the initial Terraform configuration
5. Run terraform apply to begin the provisioning process