Course Overview
As enterprises seek to deploy and maintain increasingly complex Azure cloud infrastructure, there is a necessity to use “Infrastructure as Code” (IaC) tools, like Terraform. An open-source, state management tool developed by HashiCorp, Terraform allows developers to use a common coding interface to work through their various clouds safely and efficiently. Attendees will leave being able to write and understand Terraform code (HCL), have a clear understanding of Terraform’s various components and supporting tools, as well as when to reach for Terraform over another IaC tool, such as Ansible.
Who should attend
- DevOps Engineers
- Software Developers
- Technical Managers and Leads
- System and Cloud Administrators
Prerequisites
Although not required, students with some experience programming, or pre-existing knowledge of Azure or other cloud architecture, will most appreciate the technical nature of this hands-on course.
Course Objectives
- Writing Terraform HCL code for managing Azure
- Deploying into Azure
- Where Terraform fits in the Enterprise CI/CD model
- Differences between Terraform and Ansible
- Best practices
- Prepare for HashiCorp’s Terraform Associate Certification
- AI LLM prompt engineering for Terraform snippets and jumpstarting solutions
Follow On Courses
Outline: Managing Azure with Terraform (MAZT)
AI Lab Assistance
- Lecture + Lab: Meet VIRGIL: Your AI Lab Coach
Introduction to Terraform
- Lecture: Terraform Course Map
- Lecture: Introduction to Terraform
Software Control Management
- Lecture + Lab: SCM Option #1 - GitHub
Overview of Terraform
- Lecture + Lab: Terraform Install
- Lecture + Lab: gitignore for Terraform
Terraform
- Lecture: Managing Azure with Terraform
- Lecture: Terraform HCL Syntax
- Lecture + Lab: Azure and Terraform Resources
- Lecture: Terraform Variables
- Lecture + Lab: Azure and Terraform Variables
- Lecture: Terraform Locals
- Lecture + Lab: Output Values
Azure
- Lecture: Exploring Terraform Azure Providers
- Lecture + Lab: Terraform and Azure
- Lecture + Lab: Building a Virtual Network
- Lecture + Lab: Dynamic Provisioning with tfvars Files
- Lecture + Lab: Creating A Windows VM
- Lecture: Microsoft Verified Modules
- Lecture + Lab: Azure Verified Modules for Terraform
Beyond Basics
- Lecture: Import pre-existing infrastructure
- Lecture + Lab: Data Sources and HTTP Provider
- Lecture + Lab: Dynamic Operations with Functions
- Lecture + Lab: Creating a Terraform Module
Loops
- Lecture: for_each
- Lecture + Lab: Looping Constructs - for_each
Provisioning
- Lecture + Lab: local-exec Provisioner
Dynamic Blocks
- Lecture + Lab: Dynamic Blocks
Azure Pipelines
- Lecture + Lab: Azure Pipelines for Terraform
Terraform Review
- Lecture: HashiCorp Terraform Study Guide