diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*/terraform.tfvars
diff --git a/first-steps/instance.tf b/first-steps/instance.tf
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+provider "aws" {
+  access_key = "ACCESS_KEY_HERE"
+  secret_key = "SECRET_KEY_HERE"
+  region     = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+resource "aws_instance" "example" {
+  ami           = "ami-0d729a60"
+  instance_type = "t2.micro"
+}