Terraform is one of the most recognized infrastructure automation tools that help in addressing various real-life challenges. Infrastructure automation is a reliable instrument for improving productivity, efficiency, and reduction of operational downtime for enterprises. As a result, you can gain better career opportunities with skills in infrastructure automation with Terraform.
Infrastructure Automation with Terraform
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Infrastructure Automation with Terraform
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There are 6 modules in this course
Welcome to Introduction to Infrastructure Automaton with Terraform. In the first week, we will learn a brief introduction of Terraform as Infrastructure as Code. We will learn comparison of Terraform with other Infrastructure as Code tools and perform installation of Terraform.
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4 videos2 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
In the second week of the course, we'll learn how to manage and deploy resources on AWS Infrastructure. we'll analyze the importance of Modules. In the end, you will know the steps to configure AWS infrastructure as backend storage
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8 videos1 reading2 assignments
In the third week of the course, we'll understand the importance of Modules. We'll also learn the use case of provisioners along with their types. At the end of the week, we'll illustrate working in remote state.
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7 videos1 reading2 assignments
In the fourth week of the course, we'll explore advanced features of Terraform such as local variables, built-in functions. Also, we'll learn to configure resource dependency with Terraform. In the end you will have clarity to Identify how to override existing configuration using files override concept.
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3 videos1 reading3 assignments1 discussion prompt
In the fifth week of the course, we'll learn to manage and deploy resources on Google Cloud Platform. We'll also analyze the use of data sources to identify a network created out of Terraform. we'll learn to implement the use of modules from the Terraform registry. In the end you will configure Google Cloud infrastructure as backend storage
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7 videos1 reading3 assignments1 discussion prompt
In the sixth week of the course, we'll learn to manage and deploy resources on Azure. We'll also analyze the use of data sources to create a Virtual Machine. In the end of the course we will learn to configure Azure infrastructure as backend storage
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4 videos2 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
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