Launch AWS EC2 Instances from Google Sheets using Terraform

This n8n workflow streamlines AWS infrastructure provisioning by triggering on new or updated rows in a Google Sheet. It extracts key details like region, instance type, key pair, and name; validates them for completeness and AWS compatibility; then launches the EC2 instance using the AWS EC2 API (with Terraform integration implied). Post-launch, it updates the sheet with the instance ID and status, and dispatches a confirmation email to the user.

Benefits include eliminating manual CLI or console interactions, reducing errors through validation, enabling team collaboration via spreadsheets, and providing real-time feedback. It saves hours of setup time for DevOps teams, scales for bulk launches, and integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines.

Ideal use cases: Dynamic test environments for developers, on-demand staging servers from sales requests in sheets, automated scaling for events, or IaC experiments without full Terraform setups. Perfect for IT teams in cloud-heavy environments managing sporadic instance needs.

Setup is straightforward: Import into n8n, configure Google Sheets/AWS credentials, prepare sheet columns, activate trigger, and test. Dependencies: Google Sheets API, AWS EC2 IAM perms, SMTP for emails.