Focus: Cloud Provisioning & Automation

Learn to automate cloud infrastructure like a pro with the Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) course. This hands-on program teaches you how to provision, manage, and scale cloud resources efficiently using Terraform, the leading Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool.

Module 1: Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• What is IaC?
• Benefits of IaC
• Overview of Terraform and use cases
• Terraform vs. other IaC tools (CloudFormation, Ansible, etc.)

Module 2: Terraform Basics

• Installation and setup
• Terraform CLI workflow: init, plan, apply, destroy
• Terraform configuration file structure
• Providers and provisioners

Module 3: Writing Terraform Configuration

• HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) syntax
• Variables, outputs, and locals
• Resources and data sources
• Modules: creating and using

Module 4: State Management

• Understanding Terraform state files
• Remote state storage (S3, Azure Blob, GCS)
• State locking and consistency
• Terraform workspaces

Module 5: Advanced Terraform Concepts

• Data types and expressions
• Dynamic blocks and for_each/for loops
• Dependencies and resource lifecycle
• Using functions

Module 6: Working with Modules

• Organising configuration with modules
• Module best practices
• Publishing and using modules from Terraform Registry
• Nested modules

Module 7: Provisioning Infrastructure on Cloud Providers

• AWS: EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, etc.
• Azure: Virtual Machines, Resource Groups, VNets, etc.
• GCP: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, etc.

Module 8: Terraform in CI/CD Pipelines

• Integrating with Jenkins/GitLab CI/GitHub Actions
• Automating Terraform deployments
• Using Terraform with secrets managers

Module 9: Security and Compliance

• Securing state files
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• Sensitive variables and secrets
• Terraform Sentinel (policy as code)

Module 10: Best Practices and Troubleshooting

• Code reuse and DRY principle
• Debugging and logging
• Terraform fmt and validate
• Performance tuning and managing drift