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+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir backup &> /dev/null
+cp main.tf backup/main.tf
+cp run_later.sh backup/run_later.sh 
+cp server.conf backup/server.conf
+
+if ! command -v terraform &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "Terraform could not be found"
+    echo "visit this url (https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli) to install terraform-cli"
+    echo "Run this script once terraform is installed"
+    exit
+fi
+
+read -p "Do you have a terraform cloud remote backend? [y|N]: " hasTfCloud
+echo
+if [ "$hasTfCloud" == "y" ]; then
+    echo "Make sure to set the following env variables on terraform cloud
+        - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+        - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+        - TF_VAR_GITHUB_TOKEN
+        - TF_VAR_FAUNA_DB_KEY
+        - TF_VAR_SSH_PUB_KEY
+        - TF_VAR_EMAIL_PASS
+        - TF_VAR_API_URL"
+else
+    read -p "Do you want to run terraform locally? [y|N]: " runLocally
+    echo
+    if [ "$runLocally" == "y" ]; then
+        sed -i '9,16d' main.tf
+
+        if test -z "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+        then
+            read -p "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: " AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+            echo
+            export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+        else
+            echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID is already set"
+        fi
+
+        if test -z "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+        then
+            read -s -p "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: " AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+            echo
+            export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+        else
+            echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY is already set"
+        fi
+
+        if test -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN"
+        then
+            read -s -p "GITHUB_TOKEN: " GITHUB_TOKEN
+            echo
+            export GITHUB_TOKEN=$GITHUB_TOKEN
+        else
+            echo "GITHUB_TOKEN is already set"
+        fi
+
+        if test -z "$FAUNA_DB_KEY"
+        then
+            read -s -p "FAUNA_DB_KEY: " FAUNA_DB_KEY
+            echo
+            export FAUNA_DB_KEY=$FAUNA_DB_KEY
+        else
+            echo "FAUNA_DB_KEY is already set"
+        fi
+
+        if test -z "$EMAIL_PASS"
+        then
+            read -s -p "EMAIL_PASS: " EMAIL_PASS
+            echo
+            export EMAIL_PASS=$EMAIL_PASS
+        else
+            echo "EMAIL_PASS is already set"
+        fi
+
+        if test -z "$SSH_PUB_KEY"
+        then
+            read -p "SSH_PUB_KEY: " SSH_PUB_KEY
+            echo
+            export SSH_PUB_KEY=$SSH_PUB_KEY
+        else
+            echo "SSH_PUB_KEY is already set"
+        fi
+
+        if test -z "$API_URL"
+        then
+            read -p "API_URL: " API_URL
+            echo
+            export API_URL=$API_URL
+        else
+            echo "API_URL is already set"
+        fi
+    else
+        mv backup/main.tf.bak main.tf
+        mv backup/run_later.sh.bak run_later.sh
+        mv backup/server.conf.bak server.conf
+        rm -r backup
+        echo "Exiting!!!"
+        exit
+    fi
+fi
+
+read -p "Do you have an Elastic IP? [y|N]: " hasEip
+echo
+if [ " $hasEip" == "y" ]; then
+    read -p "Enter Elastic IP Allocation ID: " eipAllocId
+    echo
+    sed -i "s/\"eipalloc-085afc5d8993450ac\"/$eipAllocId/g" main.tf
+else
+    sed -i "s/\"eipalloc-085afc5d8993450ac\"/aws_eip.eip.allocation_id/g" main.tf
+    echo "
+resource \"aws_eip\" \"eip\" {
+  vpc      = true
+  instance = aws_instance.webserver.id
+}
+
+output \"eip_dns\" {
+  value = aws_eip.eip.public_dns
+}" >> main.tf
+fi
+
+echo "Enter your domain urls for ssl certificate generation"
+read -p "API url: " apiUrl
+echo
+read -p "WEBSITE url: " appUrl
+echo
+
+sed -i "s/api.givemyresume.tech/$apiUrl/g" run_later.sh server.conf
+sed -i "s/app.givemyresume.tech/$appUrl/g" run_later.sh server.conf
+
+echo "Enter your email id for ssl certificate generation"
+read -p "Email: " emailId
+echo
+
+sed -i "s/api.givemyresume.tech/$apiUrl/g" run_later.sh
+
+terraform init
+
+echo "All settings have been applied"
+if [ "$hasTfCloud" == "y" ]; then
+    echo "Run `terraform login` and then run `terraform apply`"
+else
+    echo "Run `terraform apply`"
+
+echo "Once everything completes, visit $appUrl
+
+Also, to revert to the default configuratons, run the below commands
+mv backup/main.tf main.tf
+mv backup/run_later.sh run_later.sh
+mv backup/server.conf server.conf
+rm -r backup
+"