Vidinsight

Setup Instructions

For Use in EC2 or AMI (For Professors)

To be determined.

For Installation on Your Local Machine (For Teammates)

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Node.js with npm
• AWS CLI
• Terraform

Steps

1. Install Node Packages
   In the root folder, run the following command to install the required npm packages:

   npm install
   

2. Configure AWS CLI
   Ensure your AWS CLI is configured with your access keys:

   aws configure
   

3. Initialize Terraform
   Navigate to each subfolder inside the terraform/ directory and initialize Terraform by running:

   terraform init
   

4. Running Terraform
   To apply the Terraform configurations, go to each subfolder within the terraform/ directory and execute:

   terraform plan
   terraform apply
   

5. Tearing Down Terraform Resources
   When you're finished and want to clean up the resources, run the following command in each subfolder of terraform/:

   terraform destroy
   

Automation Scripts

I’m working on automating these Terraform commands for easier use. Currently, I've created .sh scripts that automate the apply, and destroy commands, but these only work on UNIX-based systems. I will soon provide equivalent scripts for Windows users.