Fundamentals of Terraform

Course

Learn the essentials of Terraform through hands-on labs. Understand where Terraform fits into the cloud tooling landscape. Get comfortable with the core language features. Gain experience using Terraform to provision resources in Azure, and more. Obtain exposure to key security considerations in managing Terraform configurations with Cybrary's Fundamentals of Terraform course.

Prerequisites

• Solid grasp of cloud fundamentals and some experience creating services in a public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, etc.)
• Prior experience writing automation scripts (PowerShell, Bash, Python, etc.) is not required, but will make certain labs much easier.

Course Goals

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Understand where Terraform fits into the Infrastructure as a code ecosystem
• Utilize the fundamental syntax and organization of Terraform code
• Understand valuable resources and references for future Terraform work
• Simplify reusable applistructure patterns with Terraform modules
• Make practical use of Terraform in a team environment

What is Terraform?

Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code (IaC) tool created by HashiCorp. It allows users to build, change, and version infrastructure efficiently and safely. Terraform is able to manage popular service providers as well as in-house, custom providers. The tool is a solution to the issue of bringing together the worlds of multiple cloud providers.

The infrastructure that Terraform manages can be hosted on public clouds like Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), or on private clouds such as CloudStack, OpenStack or VMWare vSphere. Because Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool, users don’t have to be concerned about their infrastructure drifting away from its desired configuration.

What is Covered in the Fundamentals of Terraform Course?

This course will help students develop a strong foundation of knowledge around the Terraform tool. Students will learn the core concepts of Terraform, including the HashiCorp Configuration Language, resources, providers, and state. They will also be exposed to the key security considerations associated with managing Terraform configurations.

The key objectives that students will achieve in the Fundamentals of Terraform trinaing course include mastering the following:

• Understanding how Terraform fits into the IaC ecosystem
• Utilizing the basic syntax and organization of Terraform code
• Understanding valuable references and resources for Terraform work
• Simplifying reusable application and infrastructure services, or applistructure, patterns with Terraform modules
• Using Terraform practically in a team atmosphere

The Fundamentals of Terraform course has a total of 2 hours 48 minutes of clock time. Upon completion of the course, students will earn 3 CEU/CPE and receive a Certificate of Completion.

What Are the Prerequisites to Learning Terraform?

Students who enroll in this course should have a solid grasp of cloud basics and at least some experience creating services in a public cloud like Azure, AWS, Oracle, GCP, etc. Additionally, some previous experience writing automation scripts (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) will help students with some labs, but such experience is not mandatory.

How Easy is it to Learn Terraform?

Like learning to use any new tool, learning Terraform can be challenging. Most users of Terraform will admit that there is a fairly steep learning curve that requires a solid foundation of cloud basics. Because Terraform allows users to write declarative configuration files, view execution plans, and apply plans to realize the infrastructure declared in the configuration files, while supporting over a hundred resource providers, there is a lot to learn.

The good news is that there are training courses taught by qualified instructors to help students learn how this tool works. Cybrary’s Fundamentals in Terraform helps students learn everything they need to understand about Terraform and how it can help solve their infrastructure challenges with it.

Who Should Learn Terraform?

This course is ideal for individuals who are interested in learning to manage infrastructure in private, public, or hybrid clouds. Some of the IT roles in that category are:

• Developers
• Cloud Engineers
• DevOps Engineers

Of course, learning Terraform isn’t limited to only the above, it’s a course that can be take by anyone who is curious about infrastructure automation.

How is it Best to Learn Terraform?

Terraform is one of the most used IaC tools used by IT professionals. It’s often preferred by users over other similar tools like Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible because it can maintain the state of the infrastructure, not allowing it to drift away from the desired configuration. However, learning Terraform isn’t usually something that can be self-taught. There are complexities that are best taught by someone who is experienced using the tool.

That’s why it’s best to learn the Fundamentals of Terraform from an expert in the field, like the instructors who facilitate the online courses offered by Cybrary. Our courses are convenient, self-paced, and thorough. If you are interested in learning more about Terraform, enrolling in our Fundamentals of Terraform training course is a great first step. Signing up for the course is simple, just click the Register button at the top right of this screen to ger started.