Automating EC2 Creation with Pulumi: A Step-by-Step Guide

Creating and managing cloud infrastructure manually can be tedious and error-prone. Tools like Pulumi make it easy to automate the provisioning of resources in a cloud-native way using familiar programming languages. In this post, I’ll walk you through how to create an Amazon EC2 instance using Pulumi and TypeScript.

Why Pulumi?

Pulumi is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that lets you define, provision, and manage cloud resources across multiple cloud platforms using languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, and C#. It offers a more developer-centric approach compared to traditional IaC tools.

By using Pulumi, you get the benefits of:

• Version-controlled infrastructure using Git.
• Full programming language capabilities for conditional logic and loops.
• A seamless workflow for cloud development across AWS, Azure, GCP, and more.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following:

1. Pulumi Installed: Install it by following the guide here.
2. AWS CLI Installed: Authenticate with AWS using aws configure.
3. Node.js and npm Installed: Pulumi TypeScript projects…