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To create EC2 instances in every availability zone using Terraform, you can use the following steps:

1. Define the variables required for your EC2 instances, such as the AMI, instance type, key name, etc.

2. Create a list of availability zones using the data source "awsavailabilityzones".

3. Create an EC2 instance resource block for each availability zone, using the "count" parameter to specify the number of instances to create in each zone.

4. Use the "element" function to get the appropriate availability zone for each instance.

5. Use the "subnet_id" parameter in the EC2 instance resource block to specify the subnet in each availability zone.

6. Use the "user_data" parameter to provide any additional configuration for your instances.

Here is an example Terraform configuration to create EC2 instances in every availability zone:

variable "ami_id" {
  default = "ami-0fc61db8544a617ed"  # replace with your AMI ID
}

variable "instance_type" {
  default = "t2.micro"  # replace with your instance type
}

variable "key_name" {
  default = "my-key-pair"  # replace with your key pair name
}

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  count = length(data.aws_availability_zones.available.names)

  ami           = var.ami_id
  instance_type = var.instance_type
  key_name      = var.key_name
  subnet_id     = element(data.aws_subnet_ids.all.ids, count.index)

  user_data = <<-EOF
    # cloud-init configuration goes here
    EOF
}

data "aws_availability_zones" "available" {}

data "aws_subnet_ids" "all" {
  vpc_id = "vpc-0123456789abcdef"  # replace with your VPC ID
}

In this example, we are creating one EC2 instance in each availability zone using the "count" parameter and the length of the "awsavailabilityzones" data source. We are also using the "awssubnetids" data source to get the subnet IDs for each availability zone. Finally, we are specifying the AMI, instance type, key name, and user data for each instance.