Course Outline
Introduction
- How does Terraform differ from Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and Salt?
- Why choose Terraform over the AWS Management Console?
Overview of Terraform Features and Architecture
- Infrastructure as Code, execution plans, resource graphs, and change automation.
Terraform Workflow
- Write, Preview, Create, Reproduce, Destroy.
Getting Started
- Preparing an AWS account for use with Terraform.
- Initializing Terraform.
Preparing an Execution Plan
- Writing a new plan, saving, and removing .tf files.
Working with Configuration Files
- Syntax overview.
- Writing, version controlling, and updating configuration files.
Setting Resource Dependencies
- Using the Terraform Resource Graph.
- Distinguishing between infrastructure and application dependencies.
Deploying Infrastructure
- Previewing configuration changes.
- Executing changes.
Managing State
- Configuring a backend using AWS S3 and AWS DynamoDB.
Reproducing Infrastructure
- Setting up environments for applications: dev, test/qa, stage, and prod.
Packaging Configuration Files as Modules
- Duplicating code using shareable modules.
- Leveraging the Module Registry to build reusable templates.
Integrating Terraform into a Deployment Pipeline
- Building, deploying, and testing applications.
- Importing existing external resources into Terraform.
Terraform Performance Tuning
- Infrastructure monitoring and performance metrics.
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Experience working with a command-line interface.
- A solid understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts.
Target Audience
- Cloud architects
- System administrators
- DevOps engineers
Testimonials (4)
So in my mind, we walked out of those three days with the building blocks and knowledge to build just about anything in AWS with Terraform. Not only can we build it, but we can test it, and validate our terraform against best practices and setup pull requests hooks to validate code before allowing it to be checked in.
Bernard Quick - AWS, Inc.
Course - Terraform on AWS
- After two years of mainly virtual communication, training etc. it was great to have a course on site again togehter with the whole team - Additionally to theory and lab excercises it's very valuable to see the teacher doing stuff live as well, including all mistakes he might do. This greatly helps to getting an idea of how one should work with a tool, get help, debug etc.
Christoph Bocklin - swisstopo
Course - Terraform on AWS
Good knowledge of the subject and learned some fundamentals
Barry Halper - Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Course - Terraform on AWS
There were lots of hands on examples and the walkthroughs we carefully explained.
