Systems administrators and DevOps engineers have always been charged to do more with less. Defining infrastructure in code and automating its deployment helps improve operational efficiency and lower administrative overhead. In this course, Terraform – Getting Started, you’ll learn foundational knowledge of HashiCorp’s Terraform software, a toolset for infrastructure automation. First, you’ll discover how to create and update a basic configuration. Next, you’ll explore how to add variables, resources, and providers to expand your deployment. Finally, you’ll learn how to leverage abstraction and improve code reuse with functions, state files, and modules. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Terraform needed to write, plan, and create automated infrastructure deployments.
Author Name: Ned Bellavance
Author Description:
Ned is an IT professional with almost 20 years of experience in the field. He has been a helpdesk operator, systems administrator, cloud architect, and product manager. In his newest incarnation, he is the Founder of Ned in the Cloud LLC. As a one-man-tech-juggernaut, he develops courses for Pluralsight, runs two podcasts (Day Two Cloud and Buffer Overflow), and creates original content for technology vendors. Ned has been a Microsoft MVP since 2017 and holds a bunch of industry certifications t… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• What You Need to Know About Infrastructure as Code
  10mins
• Deploying Your First Terraform Configuration
  36mins
• Using Input Variables and Outputs
  42mins
• Updating Your Configuration with More Resources
  36mins
• Adding a New Provider to Your Configuration
  51mins
• Using Functions and Looping in Your Configuration
  49mins
• Using a Module for Common Configurations
  48mins