Overview

The course introduces the principles and benefits of IaC and guides learners through the fundamentals of using Terraform to automate infrastructure management across various cloud platforms.

Audience

1. IT Infrastructure Engineers
2. DevOps Engineers
3. Cloud Architects
4. Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
5. IT Managers
6. Consultants

Prerequisites

Objective

• Understand the principles and benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Install and configure Terraform.
• Write and interpret Terraform configuration files. (.tf)
• Define and manage infrastructure resources using providers.
• Implement dynamic configuration with variables and extract output values.
• Manage Terraform code with modules and manage multiples environments using workspaces.
• Automate Terraform execution and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
• Adopt best practices for designing, securing, and sharing Terraform configurations. 

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
2. Terraform Basics
3. Terraform Resources and Providers
4. Variables and Outputs
5. State Management
6. Modules and Workspaces
7. Terraform Workflows
8. Best Practices
9. Hands-On Labs
10. Course Summary

Day 1

• Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Introduction to Terraform
• Command line client
• Language basics

Day 2

• Providers
• Cloud Authentication
• Modules and Workspaces
• Intermediate Language

Day 3

• Templates
• Provisioners
• Testing
• Recommended Patterns
• Best Practices