Terraform: From Beginner to Master with Examples in AWS

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This course provides a guide to learn Terraform for the absolute beginners with labs to get hands-on experience on AWS.

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82 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

This course provides a guide to learn Terraform for the absolute beginners with labs to get hands-on experience on AWS.

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This course includes

52 Playgrounds

15 Quizzes

This course includes

52 Playgrounds

15 Quizzes

Course Overview

In this course, you will work from the ground up, starting with what Terraform is and the problems it solves. The course will then guide you through the features of Terraform. You will build on your knowledge with the end goal of you being comfortable building projects using Terraform.

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Aws

Devops

Terraform

Course Content

Getting Started

This course equips learners with skills in Terraform, enhancing their ability to manage infrastructure across cloud platforms, particularly AWS.

Who Should Take This Course and Why?

Introduction to Terraform

This chapter introduces Terraform, addresses manual configuration challenges and highlights the differences of CloudFormation and Chef.

What is Terraform?

Issues with Configuring Infrastructure Manually

Terraform to the Rescue Why Not Just Use CloudFormation?What About Chef And Puppet, Don’t They Solve This Problem?

Your First Terraform Project

The chapter introduces setting up a basic Terraform project, focusing on creating an AWS S3 bucket and managing infrastructure effectively.

Setting up Your First Project Creating Your First Infrastructure With Terraform 🎉Quiz

Resources

The chapter emphasizes the importance of defining resources in Terraform and utilizing interpolation syntax for efficient resource management.

Resources in Detail Interpolation Syntax 🎉Quiz

Providers

This chapter introduces Terraform Providers, its best practices, and creation of multiple instances of the same provider.

Providers in Detail Provider Best Practices More Than One Instance of the Same Provider 🎉Quiz

Data Sources

3 Lessons

This chapter covers Data sources in Terraform and its advantages in detail.

Outputs

4 Lessons

This chapter covers Outputs in Terraform, its resource properties and how to export all attributes.

Locals

2 Lessons

This chapter covers Locals in Terraform that are used to enhance code readability and maintainability.

Templates and Files

4 Lessons

This chapter focuses on utilizing external files and dynamic templates in Terraform for improving readability and resource management.

10.

Variables

14 Lessons

This chapter explores variable management in Terraform, covering declaration, defaults, command line setting, environment variables, and type constraints.

Using Variables to Create Dynamic Terraform Configurations

Cloud Lab

11.

Project Layout

2 Lessons

This chapter introduces how to Organize Terraform code into multiple well-named files within a project to enhances clarity, collaboration, and execution.

12.

Modules

6 Lessons

This chapter covers Terraform modules, sub modules and remote modules in detail.

Create SQS Queues Using Terraform Modules

Cloud Lab

13.

Plans

4 Lessons

This chapter covers Terraform plans, its plan command, and auto apply which are essential for managing infrastructure changes.

14.

State

5 Lessons

This chapter covers Terraform state management for effective infrastructure management, including resource import, movement, and remote state handling.

Manipulate State Using Terraform

Cloud Lab

15.

Workspaces

2 Lessons

This chapters introduces Terraform workspaces which independently handle multiple infrastructure instances.

16.

Provisioners

3 Lessons

This chapter covers Provisioners and null resources in detail.

17.

Advanced Resources

5 Lessons

The chapter focuses on advanced Terraform features, enabling efficient resource management, dynamic creation, and enhanced control over dependencies and lifecycles.

18.

Exercise

8 Lessons

The chapter emphasizes hands-on experience in creating and managing VPCs, CIDR ranges, and workspace-aware projects using Terraform in AWS.

Create a VPC with a CIDR Range and Two Subnets with Terraform

Cloud Lab

19.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

This chapter summaries and concludes what we have learned so far.

20.

Appendix

3 Lessons

This appendix provides guidance on installing Terraform, setting up an AWS account, and optional IDE installation for enhanced development.

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