EC2 Linux - multiple reboots in user_data

[javierruizjimenez]

Hi @nyue

Welcome back to the forums.

I would prefer to use Ansible for instance SW configuration as it could change more often than the infrastructure (that I will definitely keep managing with Terraform)

Provisioners are a Last Resort see:

Terraform anyway to simplify environment creation

Hi @rmattier, In the ideal case, Terraform should not need direct access to the machines it’s deploying because provisioners are a last resort. Indeed, that section alludes to this very problem as one of the justifications for seeking other approaches where possible: Secondly, successful use of provisioners requires coordinating many more details than Terraform usage usually requires: direct network access to your servers, issuing Terraform credentials to log in, making sure that all of the n…