Duration
4 days
Cloud Platform: Microsoft Azure
Hands-On Format: This hands-on class is approximately 80/20 lab to lecture ratio, combining engaging lecture, demos, group activities and discussions with comprehensive machine-based practical programming labs and project work.
Module 1 - Getting Started & Setting Up Labs
- Choosing a right Infrastructure as Code tool Terraform Overview
- Installing Terraform - Windows Users
- Difference between Terraform and Ansible
- Setting up Azure Account
- Introduction to Azure CLI
- Authenticate Azure with Terraform
- Terraform init, plan and apply
Module 2 – Building Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform
- Introduction to Terraform with Azure
- Create Resource Group
- Terraform Destroy
- Azure Virtual Networks
- Azure Subnet
- Azure Public IP
- Azure Network Interface
- Create Windows and Linux VM
- Azure Storage Security Groups Load Balancers
- Understanding Terraform State files Understanding Desired & Current States Terraform Provider Versioning
- Types of Terraform Providers
- Methods to define Terraform provider Version
Module 3 - Read, Generate, Modify Configurations
- Understanding Attributes and Output Values in Terraform Referencing Cross-Account Resource Attributes Terraform Variables
- Methods to Define Variables
- Data Types for Variables
- Fetching Data from Maps and List in Variable Count and Count Index
- For_each
- Create multiple VMs with Terraform
- Conditional Expressions Local Values
- Splat Expressions
- Terraform Functions
- Lookup Function
- Element Function
- Zipmap Function
- Data Sources Debugging in Terraform Terraform Format
- Validating Terraform Configuration Files Load Order & Semantics
- Dynamic Blocks Tainting Resources Terraform Graph
- Saving Terraform Plan to File
Module 4 - Terraform Provisioners
- Understanding Provisioners in Terraform Types of Provisioners
- Implementing remote-exec provisioners Implementing local-exec provisioners
Module 5 - Terraform Modules & Workspaces
- Understanding DRY principle Variables and Terraform Modules Terraform Registry
- Terraform Workspace
- Implementing Terraform Workspace
Module 6 - Remote State Management
- Integrating with GIT for team management
- Git Initialize
- Git Commit
- Git Push
- Git Tagging
- Git Branching
- Security Challenges in Committing TFState to GIT Remote State Management with Terraform Terraform State Management
- Importing Existing Resources with Terraform Import
Module 7 – Terraform Cloud and Enterprise Overview
- Introduction to Terraform Cloud
- Creating Infrastructure with Terraform Cloud
- Overview of Sentinel Security
- Introduction to Local and Remote Backends
- Implementing Remote Backend in Terraform Cloud
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.