How to Deploy Amazon WorkSpaces in AWS using Terraform

In this story, we will deploy Amazon WorkSpaces on AWS using Terraform.

There are several requirements to deploy Amazon WorkSpaces in our AWS account:

• Network (VPC, Subnets, etc.)
• AWS Directory Service or AWS Connector (for on-premise AD)
• Update DHCP Options in the VPC to use AWS Directory Service
• The workspaces_DefaultRole IAM role
• Optional — KMS is required to encrypt WorkSpaces disk volumes

Deploying the Network (Optional)

First, we will use the VPC Module to create a simple VPC with two public and two private subnets in the EU-West region.

Note: We can skip this step if we have an existing network deployed.

module "vpc" {
  source = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  name = "kopicloud-dev"
  cidr = "10.10.0.0/16"
  azs             = ["eu-west-1a", "eu-west-1b"]
  private_subnets = ["10.10.1.0/24", "10.10.2.0/24"]
  public_subnets  = ["10.10.3.0/24", "10.10.4.0/24"]
  enable_nat_gateway = true
  single_nat_gateway = true
  one_nat_gateway_per_az = false
  enable_dns_hostnames = true
  enable_dns_support   = true