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HashiCorp Terraform Associate (004)
Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code tool from HashiCorp used to provision and manage cloud infrastructure across multiple providers through declarative configuration files. The **HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004)** validates foundational knowledge of Terraform Community Edition and HCP Terraform concepts and workflows.
This path covers everything from infrastructure as code fundamentals, providers, and state management to the core Terraform workflow, configuration language, modules, infrastructure lifecycle, and collaborative operations with HCP Terraform. This path covers Terraform 1.12.
This learning path is actively in production. More content will be added to this page as it gets published and becomes available in the library. Planned content includes:
- Terraform Fundamentals: Infrastructure as Code, Providers, and State for Terraform Associate (004) (video course) - Core Terraform Workflow for Terraform Associate (004) (video course) - Terraform Configuration for Terraform Associate (004) (video course) - Terraform Modules for Terraform Associate (004) (video course) - Terraform State and Infrastructure Lifecycle for Terraform Associate (004) (video course) - HCP Terraform for Terraform Associate (004) (video course)
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Path Courses
Watch the following courses to get learning about Terraform and infrastructure as code and prepare for the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004) exam!
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What You'll Learn
- How infrastructure as code works with Terraform, including providers and state management fundamentals
- How to use the core Terraform workflow (init, plan, apply, destroy) to manage infrastructure
- How to write and organize Terraform configuration using HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
- How to create, use, and share reusable Terraform modules
- How to manage Terraform state and navigate the infrastructure lifecycle safely
- How to collaborate on infrastructure at scale using HCP Terraform workspaces and projects
- Learners should have basic terminal skills and a general understanding of on-premises and cloud architecture before beginning this path. While there are no formal certification prerequisites, hands-on experience using Terraform in a production or personal demo environment is strongly recommended, as the exam is scenario-driven and tests practical knowledge of how Terraform behaves in real infrastructure workflows.
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- Automation
- HCP Terraform
- Cloud Automation
- CI/CD
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