Have you ever just wanted a single Ubuntu (or other Linux) server to run some quick tests on? This repo lets you use terraform to quickly spin up a VPC and all its sub-components in AWS and then tear it down when you are done.

1. Make sure you have the AWS cli installed on your client. On a Linux or Mac host you can run $ which aws. This should provide the path where it is installed (e.g. /usr/local/bin/aws). If nothing is returned, go here and follow the instructions to install it.

2. Download this repo

   https://github.com/mitch-pan/aws-vpc-ubuntu.git

3. Ensure the aws CLI tool is properly configured ( run aws configure)

4. Verify the values in terraform.tfvars, especially the region, AZ and instance type for your ec2 instance.

5. Run terraform init

6. If that went well, run terraform plan

7. If that looks good, run terraform apply

8. The output should provide the ssh command you need to ssh to the Ubuntu host.

9. When you are done, run terraform destroy