diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Crash log files
+crash.log
+
+# Ignore any .tfvars files that are generated automatically for each Terraform run. Most
+# .tfvars files are managed as part of configuration and so should be included in
+# version control.
+#
+# example.tfvars
+
+# Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
+# are not checked in
+override.tf
+override.tf.json
+*_override.tf
+*_override.tf.json
+
+# Include override files you do wish to add to version control using negated pattern
+#
+# !example_override.tf
+
+# Include tfplan files to ignore the plan output of command: terraform plan -out=tfplan
+# example: *tfplan*
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Terraform Cloud Getting Started Guide Example
+
+This is an example Terraform configuration intended for use with the Terraform Cloud Getting Started Guide hosted at https://learn.hashicorp.com/terraform/cloud/tf_cloud_overview
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
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+provider "aws" {
+  version = "2.33.0"
+
+  region = var.aws_region
+}
+
+resource "aws_dynamodb_table" "tfc_example_table" {
+  name = var.db_table_name
+
+  read_capacity  = var.db_read_capacity
+  write_capacity = var.db_write_capacity
+  hash_key       = "UUID"
+
+  attribute {
+    name = "UUID"
+    type = "S"
+  }
+
+  tags = {
+    user_name = var.tag_user_name
+  }
+}
diff --git a/outputs.tf b/outputs.tf
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+output "tfc_example_table_arn" {
+  value = aws_dynamodb_table.tfc_example_table.arn
+}
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
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+variable "aws_region" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "us-west-1"
+}
+
+variable "db_table_name" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "exampleTable"
+}
+
+variable "db_read_capacity" {
+  type    = number
+  default = 1
+}
+
+variable "db_write_capacity" {
+  type    = number
+  default = 1
+}
+
+variable "tag_user_name" {
+  type = string
+}