AWS Ark: Survival Evolved Server

Dependencies

1. Ensure you have installed Terraform. For instructions, see Hashicorp's page: https://learn.hashicorp.com/terraform/getting-started/install.html

Setup Server

1. Clone this repository.

2. Ensure the directory is initialized with Terraform by running terraform init from inside the directory: terraform init

3. Update ark.tfvars to have relevant information. Example:

region = "us-west-2"
access_key = "ADFADFASFASFA"
secret_key = "ASDFASDFASDFA"
key_name = "ark"

4. Test the template to ensure it's working: terraform plan -var-file=./ark.tfvars -input=false

5. Execute template: terraform apply -var-file=./ark.tfvars -input=false

6. ssh into

ssh -i "arkkey.pem" ubuntu@ec2-54-71-238-67.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

7. follow this link for instructions on installing/managing ark on the server