diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 83afe7018..01fa9e4be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,54 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: tox run -e unit
 
+  terraform-test:
+    name: Terraform - Lint and Simple Deployment
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: lint charm module
+        run: |
+          pushd ./terraform
+          terraform init
+          terraform fmt
+          terraform validate
+          pushd ./tests
+          terraform init
+          terraform fmt
+          terraform validate
+          popd
+          popd
+      - name: run checks - prepare
+        run: |
+          sudo snap install juju --channel=3.6/beta --classic
+          sudo snap install juju-wait --channel=latest/stable --classic
+          sudo snap install jq
+      - name: LXD setup
+        run: |
+          sudo snap refresh lxd --channel=latest/stable
+          sudo adduser "$USER" 'lxd'
+          # `newgrp` does not work in GitHub Actions; use `sg` instead
+          sg 'lxd' -c "lxd waitready"
+          sg 'lxd' -c "lxd init --auto"
+          sg 'lxd' -c "lxc network set lxdbr0 ipv6.address none"
+          sudo iptables -F FORWARD
+          sudo iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
+      - name: Juju setup
+        run: |
+          sg 'lxd' -c "juju bootstrap 'localhost' --config model-logs-size=10G"
+          juju model-defaults logging-config='<root>=INFO; unit=DEBUG'
+          juju add-model test
+      - name: Terraform deploy
+        run: |
+          pushd ./terraform/tests/
+          TF_VAR_model_name="test" terraform apply -target null_resource.simple_deployment_juju_wait_deployment -auto-approve
+          popd
+
   lib-check:
     name: Check libraries
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5460d3af7..b42f19aea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,8 +52,52 @@ override.tf.json
 # Include tfplan files to ignore the plan output of command: terraform plan -out=tfplan
 # example: *tfplan*
 
+# Ignore CLI configuration files
+
+
+########################################################
+#
+# Terraform .gitignore
+#
+########################################################
+
+
+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+*.terraform.lock.hcl
+
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Crash log files
+crash.log
+crash.*.log
+
+# Generated files
+*.key
+credentials*
+
+# Exclude all .tfvars files, which are likely to contain sensitive data, such as
+# password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of version 
+# control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and subject 
+# to change depending on the environment.
+*.tfvars
+*.tfvars.json
+
+# 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*
+
 # Ignore CLI configuration files
 .terraformrc
 terraform.rc
-.terraform.lock.hcl
-
diff --git a/terraform/tests/preamble.tf b/terraform/tests/preamble.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1d964ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/tests/preamble.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+resource "null_resource" "preamble" {
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = <<-EOT
+    sudo snap install juju-wait --classic || true
+    sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144 vm.swappiness=0 net.ipv4.tcp_retries2=5
+    EOT
+  }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/terraform/tests/providers.tf b/terraform/tests/providers.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3be3d8566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/tests/providers.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    juju = {
+      source  = "juju/juju"
+      version = "~> 0.14.0"
+    }
+    http = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/http"
+      version = "~> 3.4.5"
+    }
+    external = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/external"
+      version = "~> 2.3.4"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/terraform/tests/simple_deployment.tf b/terraform/tests/simple_deployment.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fff1e98a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/tests/simple_deployment.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module "mongodb" {
+  source   = "../"
+  app_name = var.app_name
+  juju_model_name    = var.juju_model_name
+  units    = var.simple_mongodb_units
+  config = {
+    profile = "testing"
+  }
+
+  channel = "6/edge"
+
+}
+
+resource "null_resource" "simple_deployment_juju_wait_deployment" {
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = <<-EOT
+    EOT
+  }
+}
diff --git a/terraform/tests/variables.tf b/terraform/tests/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17c3af34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/tests/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+variable "juju_model_name" {
+  description = "Model name"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "app_name" {
+  description = "mongodb app name"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "mongodb"
+}
+
+variable "simple_mongodb_units" {
+  description = "Node count"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 1
+}