Terraform : Intermediate Training Course

Introduction and Recap of Terraform Fundamentals

• Objective: Refresh knowledge of Terraform basics.
• Quick review of key concepts (variables, state, resources, etc.).

Working with Terraform Modules

• Objective: Understand, create, and use modules effectively.
• What are modules?
• Creating reusable modules.
• Publishing and sharing modules.
• Using the Terraform Registry.

Managing Remote Backends and State Locking

• Objective: Ensure robust state management with remote backends.
• Why use remote backends?
• Configuring remote backends with AWS S3, GCP, Azure.
• State locking

Provisioning Multi-Tier Infrastructure

• Objective: Build a more complex infrastructure using multiple resources.
• Creating multiple resources like VPCs, subnets, and instances.
• Managing complex dependencies.
• Introduction to count, for_each, and conditional resources.

Terraform and Team Collaboration

• Objective: Learn how teams collaborate using Terraform.
• Version control best practices for Terraform (using Git).
• Collaborating with Terraform Cloud/Enterprise.
• Managing shared state between teams.

Handling Sensitive Data with Terraform

• Objective: Securely manage sensitive data in your Terraform configurations.
• Using Vault or cloud provider secret management solutions.
• Securing variables and outputs.
• Best practices for storing sensitive information.

Terraform for Multi-Cloud Deployments

• Objective: Manage infrastructure across multiple cloud providers.
• Introduction to multi-cloud strategies.
• Using providers to manage AWS, GCP, and Azure resources simultaneously

Hands-on Lab: Deploy a Multi-Tier Web Application

• Objective: Apply intermediate concepts by deploying a multi-tier architecture.
• Provisioning VPC, subnets, load balancers, and EC2 instances.
• Using modules and remote backends.
• Securing sensitive data.