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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.

terraform.tar.gz

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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

exercise-ex

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ex-3nested

ex-3nested-copy

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exercise 2

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


# Data sources
Data sources allow us to use inputs from outside the module, and outputs allow us to define what a Terraform module presents as an end result.


 
# Create a Terraform module

To understand Terraform module outputs, we must  create a new directory, `ltthw_output`. We’ll add the  `afile.txt` and `output.tf` files with some content and finally, we’ll use `terraform init` to initialize the terraform module.

Notice that the `data` stanza is new here. This indicates to Terraform that we’re referring to a data source rather than something under its control. Keep that difference in mind as we continue with this lesson.

This Terraform module has a few key differences from the ones we saw in earlier lesson.





Understand the data source and module outputs in Terraform.


Terraform Module Outputs

Getting Started

Local Basics

Remote Terraform

Modules and Data Structures

Intermediate Terraform Techniques

Conclusion

Terraform Module Outputs