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Terraform Automation and Infrastructure Testing
Master Terraform automation by creating shell scripts to automate workflows including destroy, implementing validation and testing infrastructure with terraform-compliance and state inspection. You'll deploy a simple EC2 instance while learning automation, validation, and testing best practices.
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Challenge
Automate Terraform Workflows with Scripting
- Create shell scripts to automate basic Terraform commands (init, plan, apply, destroy).
- Automate formatting checks using terraform fmt within the script.
- Implement pre-checks in the script (for example, you could ensure the Terraform version matches project requirements).
- Add error handling in scripts to catch and report common issues (some examples include syntax errors and missing files).
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Validate and Lint Terraform Configurations
- Run terraform validate to check for syntax and structural errors in Terraform code.
- Install and configure tflint to enforce best practices and catch potential issues.
- Fix linting errors based on tflint outputs to improve code quality.
- Use a terraform plan to review planned infrastructure changes before applying them.
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Implement Basic Infrastructure Testing
- Write basic tests using the terraform compliance framework to verify resource configurations (some examples include ensuring naming conventions and checking for required tags).
- Use terraform state commands to inspect deployed resources and confirm their existence.
- Implement terraform graph to visualize resource dependencies and ensure correct relationships.
- Simulate common errors (some examples include missing variables and incorrect resource references), and fix them based on test feedback.
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