Node.js in Docker on AWS (Terraform)

This project deploys a Dockerized Node.js Express app onto a single EC2 instance using Terraform.

• Uses the default VPC (simple & low-friction)
• Installs Docker via user data
• Builds the Docker image on the instance and runs it on port 80
• Allocates an Elastic IP and prints the URL as an output

Prerequisites

• AWS account and credentials configured (aws configure)
• Terraform >= 1.6
• Default VPC present in the chosen region (it exists in most accounts; you can also adapt to a custom VPC)

Quick start

cd terraform
terraform init
terraform apply

Outputs include public_ip and url. Open the URL to see the

paste the public ip to your browser and then

// connect the instance to gitbash and then in gitbash

do sudo-i cd /opt/app/ docker-compose up -d

-d because we dont want logs

And now our node js app is ready