diff --git a/.terraform.lock.hcl b/.terraform.lock.hcl
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+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws" {
+  version     = "5.97.0"
+  constraints = "~> 5.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:lI0I9GziJsdymNBcj+MJloqwD8fbogJw3EiR60j5FYU=",
+    "zh:02790ad98b767d8f24d28e8be623f348bcb45590205708334d52de2fb14f5a95",
+    "zh:088b4398a161e45762dc28784fcc41c4fa95bd6549cb708b82de577f2d39ffc7",
+    "zh:0c381a457b7af391c43fc0167919443f6105ad2702bde4d02ddea9fd7c9d3539",
+    "zh:1a4b57a5043dcca64d8b8bae8b30ef4f6b98ed2144f792f39c4e816d3f1e2c56",
+    "zh:1bf00a67f39e67664337bde065180d41d952242801ebcd1c777061d4ffaa1cc1",
+    "zh:24c549f53d6bd022af31426d3e78f21264d8a72409821669e7fd41966ae68b2b",
+    "zh:3abda50bbddb35d86081fe39522e995280aea7f004582c4af22112c03ac8b375",
+    "zh:7388ed7f21ce2eb46bd9066626ce5f3e2a5705f67f643acce8ae71972f66eaf6",
+    "zh:96740f2ff94e5df2b2d29a5035a1a1026fe821f61712b2099b224fb2c2277663",
+    "zh:9b12af85486a96aedd8d7984b0ff811a4b42e3d88dad1a3fb4c0b580d04fa425",
+    "zh:9f399f8e8683a3a3a6d63a41c7c3a5a5f266eedef40ea69eba75bacf03699879",
+    "zh:bcf2b288d4706ebd198f75d2159663d657535483331107f2cdef381f10688baf",
+    "zh:cc76c8a9fc3bad05a8779c1f80fe8c388734f1ec1dd0affa863343490527b466",
+    "zh:de4359cf1b057bfe7a563be93829ec64bf72e7a2b85a72d075238081ef5eb1db",
+    "zh:e208fa77051a1f9fa1eff6c5c58aabdcab0de1695b97cdea7b8dd81df3e0ed73",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ec2.tf b/ec2.tf
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+resource "aws_vpc" "my_vpc" {
+  cidr_block = "172.16.0.0/16"
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "tf-example"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_subnet" "my_subnet" {
+  vpc_id            = aws_vpc.my_vpc.id
+  cidr_block        = "172.16.10.0/24"
+  availability_zone = "eu-west-2a"
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "tf-example"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_internet_gateway" "gw" {
+  vpc_id = aws_vpc.my_vpc.id
+}
+
+resource "aws_route_table" "public" {
+  vpc_id = aws_vpc.my_vpc.id
+
+  route {
+    cidr_block = "0.0.0.0/0"
+    gateway_id = aws_internet_gateway.gw.id
+  }
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "public-rt"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_route_table_association" "public_assoc" {
+  subnet_id      = aws_subnet.my_subnet.id
+  route_table_id = aws_route_table.public.id
+}
+
+resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
+  ami                         = "ami-005e54dee72cc1d00" # us-west-2
+  instance_type               = "t2.micro"
+  associate_public_ip_address = true
+  subnet_id                   = aws_subnet.my_subnet.id
+
+  user_data = <<EOF
+
+    #!/bin/bash
+
+    yum update –y 
+    amazon-linux-extras install nginx1.12
+    nginx -v
+    systemctl start nginx
+    systemctl enable nginx
+    chmod 2775 /usr/share/nginx/html 
+    find /usr/share/nginx/html -type d -exec chmod 2775 {} \;
+    find /usr/share/nginx/html -type f -exec chmod 0664 {} \;
+    echo "<h3> Welcome to my NGINX web server! User data instillation was a SUCCESS! </h3>" > /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html
+
+  EOF
+
+
+}
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