github.com/adrian-bl/terraform@v0.7.0-rc2.0.20160705220747-de0a34fc3517/examples/google-two-tier/README.md (about) 1 # Basic Two-Tier Architecture in Google Cloud 2 3 This provides a template for running a simple two-tier architecture on Google Cloud. 4 The premise is that you have stateless app servers running behind 5 a load balancer serving traffic. 6 7 To simplify the example, this intentionally ignores deploying and 8 getting your application onto the servers. However, you could do so either via 9 [startup script](http://terraform.io/docs/providers/google/r/compute_instance.html#metadata_startup_script) or 10 [provisioners](https://www.terraform.io/docs/provisioners/) and a configuration 11 management tool, or by pre-baking configured images with 12 [Packer](https://packer.io/docs/builders/googlecompute.html). 13 14 You will need to generate SSH keys as follows: 15 16 ```sh 17 $ ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/gcloud_id_rsa 18 # press <Enter> when asked (twice) for a pass-phrase 19 ``` 20 21 Then [download your credentials from Google Cloud Console](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/#credentials); suggested path for downloaded file is `~/.gcloud/Terraform.json`. 22 23 Optionally update `variables.tf` to specify a default value for the `project_name` variable, and check other variables. 24 25 After you run `terraform apply` on this configuration, it will 26 automatically output the public IP address of the load balancer. 27 After your instance registers, the LB should respond with a simple header: 28 29 ```html 30 <h1>Welcome to instance 0</h1> 31 ``` 32 33 The index may differ once you increase `count` of `google_compute_instance` 34 (i.e. provision more instances). 35 36 To run, configure your Google Cloud provider as described in 37 38 https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/index.html 39 40 Run with a command like this: 41 42 ``` 43 terraform apply \ 44 -var="region=us-central1" \ 45 -var="region_zone=us-central1-f" \ 46 -var="project_name=my-project-id-123" \ 47 -var="credentials_file_path=~/.gcloud/Terraform.json" \ 48 -var="public_key_path=~/.ssh/gcloud_id_rsa.pub" \ 49 -var="private_key_path=~/.ssh/gcloud_id_rsa" 50 ```