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+data "aws_ami" "ubuntu" {
+  most_recent = true
+  owners      = ["099720109477"] # Canonical
+
+  filter {
+    name   = "name"
+    values = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_instance" "devops_instance" {
+  ami           = data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
+  instance_type = "t2.micro"
+  key_name      = "assessment-cicd"   # Replace with your actual AWS key pair name
+
+  security_groups = [aws_security_group.devops_sg.name]
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "DevOps-Assessment"
+  }
+}