IaC

If you landed here out of nowhere and want to see what happened before, check out the following post: Terraform from Zero on GCP – Part 2: Setting up the Environment Now that we’ve prepared the ground, it’s time to create the first project. In this post, we’ll: Create the basic structure of a Terraform project Initialize Terraform (terraform init) Create and apply a real resource on GCP (a **Cloud Storage bucket**) File Structure Create a folder for your project and add the following files: ...

And let’s move on to the second post in the series! If you want to see what we discussed in the first post of the series where I talk about the objective and how to configure the local environment, I recommend starting here: Terraform: Taking the Next Step – Building Infrastructure from Scratch on GCP What we’re going to do today: Create a project on GCP I'm not going to create a whole organization here, I'm going to create simple projects in a personal account, but let's not consider this as best practices in a corporate environment, ok? Create a Service Account with specific permissions Generate the authentication key (JSON) Configure the environment variable for Terraform to access GCP 1. Creating the project on GCP Access the [GCP Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/) Click on the project selector (top left corner) > **New Project** ...

Disclaimer Since this is a series of posts, I’ll leave the links here as we progress through each topic discussed. Introduction (This post) [Setting up the Environment](https://blog.merazzi.com.br/en/terraform-from-zero-gcp-part-2-setting-up-environment/) Introduction This is the second post where I talk about using Terraform to create infrastructure using code (the famous IaC). If you didn’t see the first post (made in 2022!!), I recommend reading it to install and prepare the local environment (calm down… We’ll get to the cloud – I hope): ...