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Reuse Configuration with Modules

Create and use Terraform modules to organize your configuration. Host a static website in AWS using two modules: one from the Terraform Registry and one you will build yourself. Organize configuration using directories and workspaces.

10 tutorials
  • 7min
    Modules overview
    Read about how Terraform modules make configuration easier to organize, understand, reuse, and share. Learn about the directory structure of a module, and how to call them.
    • Terraform
  • Interactive
    12min
    Use registry modules in configuration
    Use modules from the public Terraform Registry to define an Amazon VPC containing two EC2 instances. Select module and root input and output variables, install the modules, and apply the configuration.
    • Terraform
  • Interactive
    15min
    Build and use a local module
    Write a local module to create an Amazon S3 bucket hosting a static website. Create a module directory, write the module configuration, variables, and outputs, and call the module from a root configuration.
    • Terraform
  • 17min
    Customize modules with object attributes
    Refactor a local module to organize related attributes with objects and make some attributes optional for module users.
    • Terraform
  • 8min
    Share modules in the private registry
    Import modules to share securely in HCP Terraform's free private registry. Fork an example module, tag a version-controlled release, deploy the module into the registry, and use it in a configuration.
    • Terraform
  • 5min
    Add public providers and modules to your private registry
    Curate modules and providers for your organization using a private registry. Track approved modules and providers for your organization's use.
    • Terraform
  • Interactive
    18min
    Refactor monolithic Terraform configuration
    Deploy development and production versions of an S3-hosted static website. Separate their configuration into files, directories, and workspaces, and explore the architectural trade-offs of each approach.
    • Terraform
  • 17min
    Module creation - recommended pattern
    Learn the architectural recommendations for module creation distilled from engagements with large enterprises using Terraform. Use Terraform module best practices to scope, build, improve and consume Terraform modules.
    • Terraform
  • 14min
    Use configuration to move resources
    Use the configuration-driven workflow to change Terraform resource IDs. Refactor configuration to move resources into modules using the `moved` block.
    • Terraform
  • 14min
    Create and use no-code modules
    Use HCP Terraform no-code modules to let users deploy resources without writing Terraform configuration.
    • Terraform