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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction

  • Distinguishing Terraform from Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or Salt.
  • Evaluating alternatives, such as why not use Google Deployment Manager.

Terraform Features and Architecture Overview

  • Core concepts: Infrastructure as Code, execution plans, resource graphs, and change automation.

The Terraform Workflow

  • Key stages: Write, Preview, Create, Reproduce, and Destroy.

Getting Started

  • Preparing a GCP account for use with Terraform.
  • Initializing Terraform and provisioning a virtual machine (compute engine instance).

Creating an Application

  • Initiating a project on GCP.
  • Setting up a sample web application.

Preparing an Execution Plan

  • Authoring, saving, and managing .tf files for new plans.

Working with Configuration Files

  • Overview of syntax conventions.
  • Processes for writing, version controlling, and updating configurations.

Setting Resource Dependencies

  • Leveraging the Terraform Resource Graph.
  • Differentiating between infrastructure and application dependencies.

Deploying Infrastructure

  • Previewing configuration changes.
  • Executing planned changes.

Managing State

  • Configuring Google Cloud Storage for persistence.
  • Setting up Remote State management.

Networking

  • Configuring firewall rules.
  • Managing subnet structures.

Reproducing Infrastructure

  • Setting up distinct environments for an application: dev, test/QA, staging, and production.

Packaging Configuration Files as Modules

  • Avoiding code duplication through shareable modules.
  • Utilizing the Module Registry to create reusable templates.

Integrating Terraform into a Deployment Pipeline

  • Building, deploying, and testing applications.
  • Importing existing external resources into Terraform management.

Terraform Performance Tuning

  • Monitoring infrastructure and tracking performance metrics.

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion

Requirements

  • Familiarity with command-line operations
  • A solid understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts

Target Audience

  • Cloud Architects
  • System Administrators
  • DevOps Engineers

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