Advanced Terraform

Dive into real-world use cases for Terraform, and explore the terms, concepts, and techniques you need to use this powerful configuration management tool.

Introduction

• Introduction to Advanced Terraform
• What you should know
• Terraform review and terminology
• Exercise files

1. Creating a New Terraform Configuration

• Practical Terraform
• Google Cloud and Terraform: Tools and setup
• Designing a cloud infrastructure in Terraform
• Terraform configuration overview
• Deploying the Terraform configuration
• Review deployed resources
• Destroying resources

2. Intermediate Terraform Concepts

• Input variables
• Using input variables
• Output variables
• Sensitive data
• Looping with count
• Looping with for_each
• Expressions and functions
• Introduction to modules
• Using Terraform modules

3. Advanced Terraform Concepts

• Analyzing a module
• Custom modules
• Terraform remote state overview
• Deploying backend resources
• Deploying a remote state configuration

4. Terraform Automation

• Multiple environment configurations
• Terraform CI/CD options
• Terraform Cloud setup
• Deploying with Terraform Cloud
• GitOps CI/CD setup
• GitOps CI/CD with Terraform Cloud
• Deprecating resources

Conclusion

• Next steps