terraform-docker-nginx

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform

🚀 Objective

Provision a local Docker container using Terraform.

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🧰 Tools Used

• Terraform
• Docker

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📁 Project Structure

terraform-docker-app/

├── main.tf

├── apply-log.txt

├── README.md

📝 Steps Performed

1. ✅ Wrote Terraform Configuration

File: main.tf

• Pulled the official nginx Docker image.
• Created a container named nginx-container.
• Exposed container port 80 to host port 8081 (since 8080 is used by Jenkins).

2. ✅ Terraform Commands Used

terraform init # Initialize the project

terraform plan # See execution plan

terraform apply # Apply infrastructure changes

tee # log the output

terraform destroy # Tear down the infrastructure

🌐 Access the Container

After applying the configuration, open your browser:

http://localhost:8081 You’ll see the nginx default welcome page.

🧪 Verification

To confirm the container is running:

docker ps

🗑️ Clean Up

To remove the container:

terraform destroy -auto-approve

✅ Screrenshots :