Managing Infrastructure with Terraform

7 courses
20 hours
Skill IQ

This path takes you through everything you need to get up and running with Terraform as an infrastructure management and automation tool. Made by Hashicorp, Terraform is one of the hottest tools on the market these days. Through this path, you’ll cover the basics of infrastructure as code before getting into Terraform specifics. You’ll get into deploying your first configuration and more as you dive deep into Terraform’s capabilities.

Additionally, this path offers content on implementing Terraform with the cloud via Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform.

Courses in this path

Core Terraform Functionality

These courses cover the fundamentals of Terraform.

Terraform - Getting Started

by Ned Bellavance
4h 36m
(91)

Terraform Deep Dive

by Ned Bellavance
3h 50m
(15)

Getting Started with Terraform Cloud

by Ned Bellavance
3h 17m

Implementing Terraform with Cloud Providers

These courses cover implementing terraform with three major cloud providers: Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Implementing Terraform on Microsoft Azure

by Ned Bellavance
2h 55m
(136)

Implementing Terraform with AWS

by Ned Bellavance
3h 1m
(72)

Implementing Terraform with Google Cloud Platform

by Chris Blackden
53m

Additional Learning

The topics here are presented as enrichment for Terraform learners. They are not within the scope of the presented Skill IQ.

Getting Started with HashiCorp Packer

by Paul Kirby
1h 15m
(24)

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What you will learn

Installing and running Terraform
Using provisioners
Using variables and outputs
Working with configuration files
Working with providers and resources
Automating infrastructure deployment
Creating and importing modules
Adding Terraform to a CI/CD pipeline
Importing data from external sources
Managing state in Terraform
Troubleshooting Terraform Issues
Implementing Terraform with Microsoft Azure
Implementing Terraform with Google Cloud Platform
Implementing Terraform with AWS

Experience

General IT Knowledge is needed, and a familiarity with Cloud computing is beneficial

Learn with the best

Ned Bellavance

Ned is an IT professional with almost 20 years of experience in the field. He has been a helpdesk operator, systems administrator, cloud architect, and product manager. In his newest incarnation, he is the Founder of Ned in the Cloud LLC. As a one-man-tech-juggernaut, he develops courses for Pluralsight, runs two podcasts (Day Two Cloud and Buffer Overflow), and creates original content for technology vendors. Ned has been a Microsoft MVP since 2017 and holds a bunch of industry certifications t... more

Chris Blackden

Chris Blackden started tinkering with computers and electronics at the age of thirteen and hasn't stopped since. He's worked in several different roles in Information Technology, and has experience with Software Engineering, System Administration, Information Security, and several different cloud providers. Currently, he works at the Research Department of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and teaches Cloud Computing and Data Science at Drexel University.

Paul Kirby

Paul is a professional Site Reliability Engineer, specializing in fault tolerance and scalability in the cloud. His decade of experience began in infrastructure, transitioned into development, and now he enjoys blending the benefits of both worlds to create best-of-breed solutions focused on sustainable reliability. Paul lives in Canada with his wife, two cats, and dog, and is an avid hiker and electronic musician.

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