Terraform - IAC

At Course Completion

• Writing Terraform HCL code
• Deploying into common clouds such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Oracle, Kubernetes, and VMWare
• Where Terraform fits in the Enterprise CI/CD model
• Differences between Terraform and Ansible
• Best practices
• Prepare for HashiCorp’s Terraform Associate Certification
• AI LLM prompt engineering for Terraform snippets and jumpstarting solutions

Audience Profile

• DevOps Engineers
• Software Developers
• Technical Managers and Leads
• System and Cloud Administrators
• Network Engineers and Developers

Prerequisites

Although not required, students with some experience programming, or pre-existing knowledge of cloud architecture, will most appreciate the technical nature of this hands-on course.

Outline

AI LLM Toolkit
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Large Language Model toolkit for AI Solution Assistance
Introduction to Terraform
• ?? Lecture: Terraform Course Map
• ?? Lecture: Introduction to Terraform
Software Control Management
• ?? Lecture + Lab: SCM Option #1 - GitHub
• ?? Lecture + Lab: SCM Option #2 - GitLab
Overview of Terraform
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform Install
Terraform Modules
• ?? Lecture: Terraform HCL Syntax
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Up and Running with Terraform
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform Variables
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Output Values
• ?? Lecture: Avoid the :latest Tag
• ?? Challenge: Terraform and Docker
Beyond Basics
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform CLI Workspaces
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform Expressions and Errors
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Resources - replace vs taint
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Dynamic Operations with Functions
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Creating a Terraform Module
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Moving State - terraform state mv
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Dynamic Provisioning with tfvars Files
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Data Sources and HTTP Provider
• ?? Lecture: Import pre-existing infrastructure
• ?? Lecture + Lab: CHALLENGE - AWS import
Loops
• ?? Lecture: for_each
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Looping Constructs - for_each
Provisioning
• ?? Lecture + Lab: local-exec Provisioner
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Creating Delays
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform - templatefile Function
Terraform Cloud
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Triggering Cloud Builds via Git Commits
Dynamic Blocks
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Dynamic Blocks
AWS
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform and AWS
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Output Values and AWS
• ?? Lecture + Lab: AWS and looping with count vs for_each
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Correcting Resource Drift and AWS
• ?? Challenge: Terraform and AWS
Azure
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform and Azure
Google Cloud Platform
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform and Google Cloud Platform
Oracle
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Terraform and Enterprise
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Deploy a Go RESTful API microservice with Terraform
• ?? Lecture: Terraform vs. Ansible
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform and Ansible
VMWare
• ?? Lecture: Terraform and VMWare
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Terraform and VMWare
Helpful DevOps Tools (OPTIONAL)
• ?? Lecture + Lab: Open Policy Agents and Terraform
• ?? Lecture + Lab: GitHub Actions - GitLeaks
• ?? Lecture + Lab: GitHub Actions - Terraform
• ?? Lecture: Terragrunt
Terraform Review
• ?? Lecture: HashiCorp Terraform Study Guide