diff --git a/deployment/main.tf b/deployment/main.tf
index 258df7a..d5fbc03 100644
--- a/deployment/main.tf
+++ b/deployment/main.tf
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ terraform {
   required_version = ">= 1.2.0"
 }
 
-provider "aws" {
-  profile = var.profile
-  region  = var.region
-}
+resource "aws_db_subnet_group" "my_db_subnet_group" {
+  name       = "my-db-subnet-group"
+  subnet_ids = [aws_subnet.subnet_a.id, aws_subnet.subnet_b.id]
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "My DB Subnet Group"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/deployment/provider.tf b/deployment/provider.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77cc515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/provider.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = "~> 4.16"
+    }
+  }
+  backend "s3" {
+    bucket  = "survey-extractor-terraform-state"
+    region  = "eu-north-1"
+    profile = "domna.dev" # /home/vscode/aws/credentials
+    key     = "terraform.tfstate"
+  }
+
+  required_version = ">= 1.2.0"
+}
+
+resource "aws_db_subnet_group" "my_db_subnet_group" {
+  name = "my-db-subnet-group"
+  subnet_ids = [aws_subnet.subnet_a.id, aws_subnet.subnet_b.id]
+
+  tags = {
+    Name = "My DB Subnet Group"
+  }
+}
+
+resource aws_db_instance "main" {
+  allocated_storage = var.allocated_storage
+  engine = "postgres"
+  engine_version = "14.10"
+  instance_class = "db.t3.micro"
+  db_name = "surveyDB"
+  username = postgres
+  password = makingwarmhomes
+
+  skip_final_snapshot = true # Needed to delete the db with terraform - otherwise aws will keep a copy
+
+  vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.rds_sg.id]
+  db_subnet_group_name = aws_db_subnet_group.my_db_subnet_group.name
+}
+
+
+
+provider "aws" {
+  profile = var.profile
+  region  = var.region
+}
diff --git a/deployment/variables.tf b/deployment/variables.tf
index 12dee3f..6f454ad 100644
--- a/deployment/variables.tf
+++ b/deployment/variables.tf
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ variable "profile" {
   description = "AWS profile to use"
   type        = string
   default = "Jun-te"
+}
+
+variable allocated_storage {
+  description = "The allocated storage in gigabytes"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 20
 }
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diff --git a/deployment/vpc.tf b/deployment/vpc.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21f2780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/vpc.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+resource "aws_vpc" "my_vpc" {
+  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
+}
+
+resource "aws_subnet" "subnet_a" {
+  vpc_id     = aws_vpc.my_vpc.id
+  cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"
+  availability_zone = "eu-central-1a"
+}
+
+resource "aws_subnet" "subnet_b" {
+  vpc_id     = aws_vpc.my_vpc.id
+  cidr_block = "10.0.2.0/24"
+  availability_zone = "eu-central-1b"
+}
+
+resource "aws_security_group" "rds_sg" {
+  name_prefix = "rds-"
+
+  vpc_id = aws_vpc.my_vpc.id
+
+  # Add any additional ingress/egress rules as needed
+  ingress {
+    from_port   = 3306
+    to_port     = 9000
+    protocol    = "tcp"
+    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+  }
+}
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