In this course you will get to:

• Learn everything you need to know about Terraform to ace the Terraform Associate Exam

• 10+ hours of video content

• Instructor has his camera on making you feel that you're right in the classroom

• Hand-drawn animated diagrams to help you grasp the topics better

• Lots of hands-on labs to learn by doing

• A cloud dev environment that let's you run all the labs in a browser

• No headaches running your own environment

• An AWS account so you don't need to get your own

• English closed captions so you won't miss a word

• Quizzes to help you grasp the material well

• Join our Community

Prerequisites

• An open mind and a willingness to learn

• Basic knowledge of the Linux terminal

• No coding experience required (but good to have)

• A computer with Internet access and a browser

• A free GitLab account

• A free Terraform Cloud account

Audience

Practitioners and technology managers looking:

• For an introduction to Infrastructure as code with Terraform

• To take the HashiCorp Terraform Associate Exam

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Explain the benefits of Infrastructure as Code

• Gain a solid grasp of the architecture and benefits of using Terraform

• Write Terraform code to build infrastructure to host an application in AWS

• Take the Terraform associate exam

• Apply what you’ve learned in real-world scenarios beyond the certification

Course Outline

• Section 1: Course Introduction and Setup

• Section 2: Infrastructure as Code Concepts

• Section 3: Terraform in Action

• Section 4: Terraform Architecture

• Section 5: Resources and Data Blocks

• Section 6: Variables

• Section 7: Expressions and Functions

• Section 8: Modules

• Section 9: Terraform Cloud

• Section 10: Secrets Management Patterns

• Section 11: Exam Preparation

Course Mindmap

This is a visual of the Course Content

Course Curriculum

Section 1 - Course Introduction and Setup (8:42)

• Terraform 101 Course Intro and Setup(4:56)

• Code Repository

• Development Environment

• AWS Environment

• Community

• Referral Program

• What We'll Build(3:47)

Section 2 - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Concepts (11:55)

• What is IaC?(3:00)

• Advantages of IaC Patterns(3:06)

• Terraform's Purpose vs Other IaC Providers(3:51)

• Declarative vs Procedural Programming(1:58)

• Quiz for Section 2

Section 3 - Terraform in Action (1:22:9)

• Basic Commands(20:05)

• Terraform State, Show, and, Console Commands(13:50)

• Terraform Taint(6:37)

• Terraform Import(10:57)

• Terraform Workspaces(16:16)

• Managing Drifts with Refresh(9:36)

• Terraform Logs(4:48)

• Quiz for Section 3

• I need your help

Section 4 - Terraform Architecture (50:18)

• Core + Providers(3:31)

• Version Constraints(2:53)

• Lock and Upgrade Providers(7:18)

• Provisioners(15:09)

• A Better Option: user_data(12:03)

• Terraform State Deeper Dive(9:24)

• Quiz for Section 4

Section 5 - Resources and Data Blocks (16:58)

• Overview and Referencing(8:15)

• Resource Graph(8:43)

• Quiz for Section 5

Section 6 - Variables (53:27)

• Variables Overview(8:50)

• Variables and Outputs to Separate Files(5:46)START

• Variable Assignment in Files(4:52)

• Sensitive Variables(12:08)

• Variable Validation(3:08)

• Precedence(7:07)

• Local Values(11:36)

• Quiz for Section 6

Section 7 - Expressions and Functions (1:55:0)

• Rebuilding with Networking(14:11)

• Data Types and String Interpolation(7:28)

• Operators Conditionals and Templatefiles(13:19)

• Count and the Splat Expression(9:30)

• For Loops(5:19)

• For_Each(11:44)

• Dynamic Blocks(5:35)

• Lifecycle Meta-Argument(18:14)

• AWS Launch Templates(6:28)

• Output Tags with Values and Zipmap Functions(12:28)

• Deploy a Load Balancer(10:44)

• Quiz for Section 7

Section 8 - Modules (45:9)

• Modules Overview(5:36)

• TLS Module and Outputs(11:03)

• LB Module and Variables(9:13)

• Networking Module(10:02)

• EC2 Module(6:06)

• Data Flow(3:09)

• Quiz for Section 8

Section 9 - Terraform Cloud (1:31:42)

• Terraform Cloud (TFC) Overview(10:22)

• TFC Setup(7:27)

• Migrate to TFC(16:59)

• Workspaces(5:34)

• Remote State Storage(2:10)

• Move our Modules to the Private Registry(20:29)

• Workflows(14:42)

• Execution Modes(3:08)

• Terraform vSphere with Terraform Cloud Agents Demo (Optional)

• Section9-Sentinel(7:50)

• Sentinel Example Demo (Optional)

• Comparing Packages(3:01)

• Quiz for Section 9

Section 10 - Secrets Management Patterns (51:25)

• Secrets Management Patterns Overview(7:20)

• Set up Vault(11:20)

• Configure Vault with the Terraform Vault Provider(12:00)

• Inject Secrets into Terraform using Vault(20:45)

• Quiz for Section 10

Section 11 - Exam Preparation (13:37)

• Exam Objectives(6:24)

• What to Expect on the Exam(7:13)

Course Wrap-up (0:22)

• Closing Remarks(0:22)

• I'd like to hear from you

• I need your help

• Referral Program

• Bonus Gift

Price is per student

Minimum of 4 students per class

All prices are in USD

If you're interested in this course

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