# Provision a secure Amazon DocumentDB cluster with Terraform

DevFeed: [Provision a secure Amazon DocumentDB cluster with Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/provision-a-secure-amazon-documentdb-cluster-with-terraform-4707.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/provision-a-secure-amazon-documentdb-cluster-with-terraform/>)

Author: Sourav Kundu

Published: 2026-08-31T20:24:23Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [AWS Database Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-database-blog.md>)

Topics: [Amazon DocumentDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-documentdb.md>), [iac-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iac-security.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>)

Tags: [advanced-300](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advanced-300.md>), [amazon-cloudwatch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-cloudwatch.md>), [amazon-documentdb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-documentdb.md>), [amazon-vpc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-vpc.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [secrets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets.md>), [technical-how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical-how-to.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>)

## AI overview

A walkthrough for provisioning a secure Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 cluster with Terraform. It applies infrastructure-as-code security controls including private VPC subnets, TLS, KMS encryption, secrets-managed passwords, security groups, and encrypted monitoring logs.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to provision a secure Amazon DocumentDB cluster using Terraform. This post applies infrastructure-as-code best practices with encryption, AWS Secrets Manager authentication, network isolation, and encrypted monitoring.