Deploying a Web Server on AWS Using Terraform (Beginner-Friendly Guide)

📰 Dev.to · Naomi Ansah

Learn to deploy a web server on AWS using Terraform with this beginner-friendly guide

beginner Published 6 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Install Terraform on your machine using the official installation guide
Create an AWS account and set up your credentials
Write Terraform configuration files to define your web server infrastructure
Initialize the Terraform working directory using the 'terraform init' command
Apply the Terraform configuration using the 'terraform apply' command to deploy your web server on AWS
Test your deployed web server by accessing its public IP address

Who Needs to Know This

DevOps engineers and cloud support teams can benefit from this guide to automate infrastructure deployment on AWS

Key Insight

💡 Terraform allows you to define and manage your cloud infrastructure as code, making it easy to version, reuse, and share your configurations

Key Takeaways

Learn to deploy a web server on AWS using Terraform with this beginner-friendly guide

As I started preparing for cloud support roles, I decided to learn Terraform and that’s where things...