diff --git a/.github/workflows/terraform.yml b/.github/workflows/terraform.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b4be738d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/terraform.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: "ashley gitops IAC"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stage
+    paths:
+      - terraform/**  # Adjust the path filter if you have specific files like *.tf
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - terraform/**  # Adjust the path filter if you have specific files like *.tf
+
+env:
+  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  BUCKET_TF_STATE: ${{ secrets.BUCKET_TF_STATE }}
+  AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+  EKS_CLUSTER: gitops-eks
+
+jobs:
+  terraform:
+    name: "Apply Terraform changes"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ./terraform
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Terraform with specified version on the runner
+        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v2
+        
+      - name: Terraform init
+        id: init
+        run: terraform init -backend-config="bucket=$BUCKET_TF_STATE"
+
+      - name: Terraform format
+        id: fmt
+        run: terraform fmt -check
+
+      - name: Terraform validate
+        id: validate
+        run: terraform validate    
+
+      - name: Terraform plan
+        id: plan
+        run: terraform plan -no-color -input=false -out planfile
+        continue-on-error: true  # Optional, remove if you don't want to continue on failure
+
+      - name: Terraform plan status
+        if: steps.plan.outcome == 'failure'
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: Terraform Apply
+        id: apple
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name == 'push'
+        run: terraform apply -auto-approve -input=false -parallelism=1 planfile
+
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with: 
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}  # Fixed the space issue here
+
+      - name: Get kube config file
+        id: getconfig
+        if: steps.apple.outcome == 'success'
+        run: aws eks update-kubeconfig --region ${{ env.AWS_REGION }} --name ${{ env.EKS_CLUSTER }}
+
+      - name: Install Ingress controller
+        if: steps.apple.outcome == 'success' && steps.getconfig.outcome == 'success'
+        run: kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/controller-v1.1.3/deploy/static/provider/aws/deploy.yaml
diff --git a/terraform/terraform.tf b/terraform/terraform.tf
index 67b75c673..a331f04e6 100644
--- a/terraform/terraform.tf
+++ b/terraform/terraform.tf
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ terraform {
   }
 
   backend "s3" {
-    bucket = "gitopsterrastate"
+    bucket = "terraform-gitops-98"
     key    = "terraform.tfstate"
-    region = "us-east-2"
+    region = "us-east-1"
   }
 
-  required_version = "~> 1.6.3"
+  required_version = "~> 1.6, >= 1.10" # Updated to allow Terraform >= 1.10
 }
-##
-##
-##
+
diff --git a/terraform/variables.tf b/terraform/variables.tf
index a41d982a0..de87577f1 100644
--- a/terraform/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 variable "region" {
   description = "AWS region"
   type        = string
-  default     = "us-east-2"
+  default     = "us-east-1"
 }
 
 variable "clusterName" {
   description = "Name of the EKS cluster"
   type        = string
-  default     = "kitops-eks"
+  default     = "gitops-eks"
 }
+
+##
+####
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