Terraform Snippet Generator
Turn a few form fields into copy-paste Terraform for AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, complete with the provider block.
Pick a cloud provider, choose a resource, fill a handful of fields, and this Terraform generator writes the matching HCL for you. It covers the resources most people reach for first — AWS S3 buckets, EC2 instances, security groups and VPCs, Google Compute Engine instances and storage buckets, Azure resource groups, storage accounts and Linux VMs — each paired with the provider block it needs. Instead of hunting through the registry docs to remember whether a bucket wants `bucket` or `name`, you get a working snippet you can drop straight into main.tf. It's a fast way to generate Terraform code for a proof of concept, learn the argument names for a new resource, or scaffold boilerplate before you wire in variables.
Provider
aws_s3_bucket
How it works
- 1
Pick a provider and resource
Choose AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, then select the resource you want — an S3 bucket, an EC2 instance, a Compute Engine VM, an Azure storage account, and so on. The form swaps to that resource's fields and the correct provider block appears in the output.
- 2
Fill the fields
Set the values that matter: a bucket name and ACL, an AMI and instance type, a region or zone, a machine size. Toggles like S3 versioning add the extra sub-resources only when you turn them on. The HCL on the right updates as you type.
- 3
Copy or download main.tf
Grab the snippet with Copy, or use Download to save it as main.tf. Resource local names are sanitized to legal identifiers (my-bucket becomes my_bucket) so the file passes terraform validate without hand-editing.
Instant & 100% private — nothing is uploaded
Everything runs locally in your browser. Your code, text and files are processed on your own device and are never sent to a server — so there are no upload waits, no size limits from us, and nothing is ever stored or logged.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I generate a Terraform snippet for an AWS S3 bucket?
- Pick AWS, choose "S3 bucket", and set the bucket name. With name "my-bucket", region "us-east-1" and versioning on, you get: provider "aws" { region = "us-east-1" } resource "aws_s3_bucket" "my_bucket" { bucket = "my-bucket" tags = { Name = "my-bucket" } } resource "aws_s3_bucket_versioning" "my_bucket" { bucket = aws_s3_bucket.my_bucket.id versioning_configuration { status = "Enabled" } }
- Which providers and resources does the Terraform code generator support?
- Three clouds and nine resources: AWS (EC2 instance, S3 bucket, security group, VPC), Google Cloud (Compute Engine instance, storage bucket), and Azure (resource group, storage account, Linux VM). Every snippet includes the matching provider block — provider "aws", provider "google", or provider "azurerm" with an empty features {}.
- Is the generated HCL production-ready?
- It's a solid starting point, not a finished module. The output is valid HCL with sensible defaults and correct argument names, but you'll usually want to replace hardcoded values with input variables, add remote state, and pin provider versions. Treat it as boilerplate you refine, the same way you would a snippet copied from the docs.
- Why does my-bucket become my_bucket in the resource name?
- Terraform resource local names can't contain hyphens or spaces, so the generator converts them to underscores and prefixes a leading digit with an underscore. The human-facing value keeps its real spelling — the bucket is still named "my-bucket" in the bucket argument, only the resource label aws_s3_bucket.my_bucket is sanitized.
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