Terraform for Developers

Stop clicking in the cloud console. Learn to define, preview, and deploy your entire infrastructure as code using Terraform.

#1about 1 minute

Understanding the fundamentals of Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) uses automation to manage infrastructure, eliminating manual errors and bringing software best practices to operations.

#2about 2 minutes

Introducing Terraform for multi-cloud infrastructure management

Terraform is an open-source tool that lets you define and manage the full lifecycle of your cloud infrastructure as code.

#3about 1 minute

Exploring the features of Terraform Cloud for teams

Terraform Cloud provides collaboration features like VCS integration, remote state management, policy as code with Sentinel, and cost estimation.

#4about 2 minutes

Understanding Terraform syntax and language features

Terraform's configuration language uses blocks, variables, conditional expressions, function calls, and for expressions to define resources dynamically.

#5about 2 minutes

Core Terraform commands and the execution workflow

The standard Terraform workflow involves using `init` to prepare the directory, `plan` to preview changes, and `apply` to create or update infrastructure.

#6about 9 minutes

Demo of provisioning resources on Microsoft Azure

A step-by-step demonstration shows how to write a Terraform configuration file and use the CLI to deploy an app service and SQL database on Azure.

#7about 4 minutes

Demo of provisioning resources on Google Cloud Platform

This demonstration walks through initializing, planning, and applying a configuration to create compute instances and networking resources in GCP.

#8about 5 minutes

Demo of provisioning resources on Amazon Web Services

A brief walkthrough shows how to configure the AWS provider and run `terraform plan` to preview the creation of a launch configuration.

#9about 4 minutes

Managing Terraform state and CI/CD integration

The Terraform state file, which maps resources to your configuration, should be stored remotely and securely in a separate resource group for team collaboration.

#10about 2 minutes

Building an Azure DevOps release pipeline for Terraform

An example release pipeline in Azure DevOps uses CLI and PowerShell tasks to manage storage keys before running `terraform init`, `plan`, and `apply`.

#11about 4 minutes

Comparing Terraform with configuration management tools

Terraform is a provisioning tool for creating immutable infrastructure, differing from configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, and Puppet which manage software on existing servers.

#12about 3 minutes

Using Terraform with Packer, Docker, and Kubernetes

Packer can build virtual machine images with Docker and Kubernetes pre-installed, which Terraform then deploys as a cluster to run containerized applications.

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Comparing Terraform with other cloud provisioning tools

Unlike cloud-native tools like AWS CloudFormation or Azure Resource Manager, Terraform is open-source and cloud-agnostic, while Pulumi offers a similar approach using general-purpose programming languages.

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Summary of IaC benefits and learning resources

Infrastructure as Code provides consistency, scalability, and traceability, and you can learn more through Terraform's official documentation, certifications, and books.