Instant MID Server on AWS Free Tier with Terraform

Summary

Sometimes for a demo or troubleshooting it is handy to be able to quickly launch a new ServiceNow MID Sever. Even better it is handy to have a declaritive action to allow rebuilding Windows servers on demand without having to manually install and configure. For this we can use Terraform!

Solution

To accomplish the example below you will need:

1. An AWS Free Tier Account - Link
2. An AWS Access Key for your AWS account - Link
3. A Key Pair defined in your AWS EC2 console - Link
4. The Terraform Binaries - Link

To get started on your Windows workstation, create the following directory structure from these files:

• TopLevelDirectory
  • terraform.exe
  • main.tf
  • variables.tf
  • terraform.tfvars

Expand to see sample Terraform Configuration files

main.tf variables.tf terraform.tfvars

• Set your console key and secret in the terraform.tfvars file
• Then run:

    terraform init
    terraform plan
    terraform apply
  

Upon completion you should get the IP and Admin password for your instance. You can login over RDP with these details and view the instance in the AWS Console.

Now see my other post PowerShell script for MID Installation, configure and run it on your new Windows Server. It will take a few minutes and then you can run discovery against your MID IP. Afterwards you may want to tighten up security on the AWS Security group for TCP 3389.