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1# Build infrastructure with confidence2resource "aws_s3_bucket" "site" {3  bucket = "terraformpilot.com"4  tags = {5    Project = "Pilot"6    Owner   = "lberton"7  }8}910module "vpc" {11  source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"12  version = "~> 5.0"13  cidr    = "10.0.0.0/16"14}
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