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Terraform

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Terraform is a powerful open-source tool that allows you to build, version, and automate the deployment of cloud infrastructure. You can use Terraform to set up basic or complex architectures for your web applications in your DigitalOcean account with a few commands on the command line. This gives you the benefit of increased efficiency when setting up and scaling your web application’s infrastructure.

Getting Started

How to Configure Terraform for DigitalOcean

Install Terraform and configure it to deploy DigitalOcean resources.

DigitalOcean Terraform Provider Reference

A complete reference for the DigitalOcean Terraform provider.

Deploy A Sample Web Application on DigitalOcean Using Terraform

Deploy three Droplets, a database, and a load balancer into a VPC network using Terraform and this interactive tutorial.

Configure DigitalOcean Spaces as a Terraform Remote State Backend

Configure Terraform to store remote state in a DigitalOcean Spaces bucket.

Resources

How To Use Terraform with DigitalOcean

A Community tutorial introducing Terraform and the DigitalOcean provider.

How To Import Existing DigitalOcean Assets into Terraform

A Community tutorial about using Terraform to work with existing DigitalOcean infrastructure.

Terraform's Official Documentation

Documentation for Terraform, including Terraform CLI, Terraform Cloud, and Terraform Enterprise.

Latest Updates

29 March 2022

8 March 2022

14 January 2022

For more information, see the full release notes.

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