Provisioning API Gateway and connecting it to Ec-2 instance using Terraform

📰 Dev.to · Viktor Vasylkovskyi

Provision an API Gateway and connect it to an EC2 instance using Terraform to automate infrastructure deployment

intermediate Published 6 May 2026

Action Steps

Create a Terraform configuration file to provision API Gateway
Configure the API Gateway to connect to an EC2 instance using Terraform
Run terraform apply to deploy the infrastructure
Test the API Gateway connection to the EC2 instance
Configure security groups to allow traffic between API Gateway and EC2 instance

Who Needs to Know This

DevOps engineers and cloud architects can benefit from this tutorial to automate API Gateway and EC2 instance provisioning, improving infrastructure efficiency and reducing manual errors

Key Insight

💡 Terraform enables automation of infrastructure deployment, reducing manual errors and improving efficiency