Learning Terraform

Learn how to use Terraform—the infrastructure as code solution—to configure infrastructure and manage resources with Amazon Web Services.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you need to know

1. First Steps with Terraform

• What is Terraform
• Installing Terraform
• Setting up AWS for Terraform
• Your Terraform code repository

2. Terraform in Action

• Initial deployment
• How Terraform works
• Terraform plan
• Terraform state
• Terraform graph
• Terraform apply

3. Infrastructure as Code

• Resources
• Basic resource types
• Teraform style
• Expanding your installation
• Security group
• Instance
• Static IP
• Get ready to scale
• Load balancer
• Challenge: AutoScaling group
• Solution: AutoScaling group

4. Advanced Topics

• Variables
• Split out your data
• Modules
• Challenge: Modularize your code
• Solution: Modularize your code

Conclusion

• Next steps