Prerequisite – Docker should be installed

mkdir learn-terraform-docker-container

cd learn-terraform-docker-container

Create a file and name it main.tf

terraform {
required_providers {
docker = {
source = "kreuzwerker/docker"
version = "~> 2.13.0"
}
}
}

provider “docker” {}

resource “docker_image” “nginx” {
name = “nginx:latest”
keep_locally = false
}

resource “docker_container” “nginx” {
image = docker_image.nginx.latest
name = “tutorial”
ports {
internal = 80
external = 8000
}
}

terraform init

terraform apply

docker ps

Nginx will server up at port 8000

To stop the container, run
terraform destroy