Terraform Essentials

Day 1 – Terraform Fundamentals

Module 1: Terraform Architecture

• What is Terraform?
• Declarative vs. imperative infrastructure management
• How Terraform works: Providers, state, and execution plans
• Terraform vs. other IaC tools (CloudFormation, Ansible, Pulumi)

Module 2: Terraform Installation & Lab Setup

• Installing Terraform on different platforms
• Setting up a development environment
• Configuring Terraform CLI and provider authentication
• Hands-on: Lab setup with Terraform and AWS CLI

Module 3: Quick Start with Terraform

• Writing your first Terraform configuration
• Initializing, planning, applying, and destroying resources
• Understanding terraform.tfstate and state management
• Hands-on: Deploying a simple infrastructure on AWS

Module 4: Introduction to AWS

• Overview of AWS services relevant to Terraform
• Setting up AWS credentials and provider configuration
• Hands-on: Deploying an EC2 instance with Terraform

Day 2 – Advanced Terraform & Multi-Cloud Management

Module 5: Variables in Terraform

• Declaring and using input variables
• Variable types and default values
• Sensitive variables and environment overrides
• Hands-on: Using variables to parameterize configurations

Module 6: Outputs in Terraform

• Defining and using output values
• Exporting Terraform outputs for other tools
• Hands-on: Creating meaningful outputs for an AWS deployment

Module 7: Terraform Modules

• Why use modules?
• Creating reusable modules
• Using public modules from the Terraform Registry
• Hands-on: Refactoring an existing configuration with modules

Module 8: Advanced Terraform (Optional)

• Resource dependencies (depends_on)
• Local values for better organization
• Data sources for referencing external information
• Count and for_each for dynamic resource creation
• Dynamic blocks for flexible configurations
• Hands-on: Using advanced Terraform features in real-world scenarios

Module 9: Provisioning Resources

• Understanding Terraform provisioning
• Bootstrapping infrastructure with Ansible
• Hands-on: Automating instance configuration with Terraform & Ansible

Module 10: Hands-on Exercise – Docker & Terraform

• Using Terraform to provision Docker containers
• Hands-on: Deploying a containerized application with Terraform

Module 11: Examples for Other Providers

• Managing VMware infrastructure with Terraform
• Working with Terraform and Azure

Hands-on Labs & Final Project

• Lab 1: Writing and applying a basic Terraform configuration
• Lab 2: Using variables and outputs for dynamic configurations
• Lab 3: Creating and using Terraform modules
• Lab 4: Bootstrapping infrastructure with Ansible