title: "Terraform on Ubuntu 24 – Instruction Lab (2 Hours)"
version: "1.0.0"
description: |
  Beginner-friendly, step-by-step Terraform hands-on lab for Ubuntu 24.04.
  You will install Terraform, configure AWS CLI, create your first EC2 instance,
  learn variables/outputs/count/state basics, set up a remote backend with S3 + DynamoDB
  for locking, and practice reusable modules.
type: "instruction"
target_os: "Ubuntu 24.04"
duration_minutes: 120
overview_path: "docs/00_overview.md"
sections:
  title: "Instructions"
  items:
    - id: 1
      title: "Install Terraform & Configure AWS"
      path: "docs/01_install_setup.md"
      estimated_minutes: 15
      dependencies: []
    - id: 2
      title: "Your First Terraform Apply: EC2"
      path: "docs/02_first_ec2.md"
      estimated_minutes: 20
      dependencies: [1]
    - id: 3
      title: "Remote State with S3 + DynamoDB Lock"
      path: "docs/03_remote_state_s3_dynamodb.md"
      estimated_minutes: 25
      dependencies: [2]
    - id: 4
      title: "Variables, tfvars & Outputs"
      path: "docs/04_variables_tfvars_outputs.md"
      estimated_minutes: 20
      dependencies: [2]
    - id: 5
      title: "Build & Reuse a Simple Module"
      path: "docs/05_modules_reuse.md"
      estimated_minutes: 25
      dependencies: [4]
    - id: 6
      title: "Nested Modules: VPC + EC2"
      path: "docs/06_nested_modules_vpc_ec2.md"
      estimated_minutes: 15
      dependencies: [5]
    - id: 7
      title: "Cleanup"
      path: "docs/07_cleanup.md"
      estimated_minutes: 10
      dependencies: [2,3,4,5,6]
    - id: 8
      title: "Test data set"
      path: "docs/08_test.md"
      estimated_minutes: 10
      dependencies: []