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Gain insights into Terraform’s infrastructure-as-code capabilities. Learn about setting up local files, managing remote resources, and mastering unique modules, data structures, and resource management techniques.

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main.sh

ch 2 p1 a-managing resources 

ch 2 p4-graph

ch 2 p2- implicit dependency

ch 2 p3- explicit dependency

ch 1 p1-a terraform resources

graph

ch 1 p1-b terraform resources

ch 1 p2-a ltthw_state

ch 1 p3-a ltthw_plan

ch 1 p4-a ltthw_output

ch 1 p5-a ltthw_destroy

ch 2 p1 b-managing resources 

ch 2 p5- importing resources

ch 3 p1- ltthw_modules

ch 3 p1-b ltthw_modules

ch 3 p2-a ltthw_variables

ch 3 p2-b ltthw_variables

ch 3 p3-b ltthw_output

ch 3 p4 ltthw_structure

ch 3 p5 a datatypes

ch 3 p5 b datatypes

ch 3 p5  datatypes-complex

ch 4 p1 ltthw_null_resources

ch 4 p2 ltthw_multiple

ch 4 p3 ltthw_backends

ch 4 p3 b ltthw_backends

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Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) platform that allows users to manage and integrate various external resources as united infrastructure. This is achieved by using the proprietary HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) or JSON.

This course is a comprehensive introduction to Terraform. It helps users build confidence through foundational understanding of Terraform’s approach to resource management and the coding environment. You’ll start with an introduction to Terraform and learn how to set up local files. You’ll then take your learning to the cloud, managing remote resources by identifying unique resources and dependencies. Next, you’ll learn the modules and data structures unique to Terraform before practicing various techniques for infrastructure management, including triggers, resource creation, and backend code.

By the end of this course, you’ll have learned to think creatively and be ready to solve production and deployment problems through Terraform.

Beginner’s Guide to Terraform

Declare it `private` within a variable declaration.

List it within a `locals` variable declaration.

Declare it `protected` within a variable declaration.

How do you make a variable local to a module?


How do you make a variable local to a module?

**(True or False)** The path type can only be used in a `local_file` resource.


(True or False) The path type can only be used in a <code>local_file</code> resource.

In what kind of block do you declare an output variable?

In what kind of block do you declare an output variable?

**(Select all that apply.)** Which items below are valid arguments to the `local_file` resource? 

(Select all that apply.) Which items below are valid arguments to the <code>local_file</code> resource?

**(Select all that apply.)** Which files might users of your module reasonably expect you provide in your source code?

(Select all that apply.) Which files might users of your module reasonably expect you provide in your source code?

It applies a base64 encoding to a string.


It encodes the string based on a UTF-8 encoding.


**(Select all that apply.)** What does the `base64encode` function do?  



(Select all that apply.) What does the <code>base64encode</code> function do?

It passes in a file containing Terraform variable settings.

Passes in a filename that is base64 encoded into a variable in the module.

It adds an extra main.tf file for Terraform to read.


It indicates to Terraform which variables are actually files on the filesystem.

What does the `-var-file` argument to `terraform apply` do?


What does the <code>-var-file</code> argument to <code>terraform apply</code> do?

What can the `name` in a name-value pair in a Terraform map variable be?


What can the <code>name</code> in a name-value pair in a Terraform map variable be?

What are the arguments an output can take in Terraform?

What are the arguments an output can take in Terraform?

Which keyword is used to create a complex type in Terraform?


Which keyword is used to create a complex type in Terraform?

**(True or False)**To source an external module, you can traverse the local filesystem


**(True or False)**To source an external module, you can traverse the local filesystem

(Select all that apply.) Which Terraform keywords are used to reference an external module?


(Select all that apply.) Which Terraform keywords are used to reference an external module?

Test your knowledge of modules and data structures in Terraform.

Getting Started

Local Basics

Remote Terraform

Modules and Data Structures

Intermediate Terraform Techniques

Conclusion

Quiz on Modules and Data Structure