HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004) Cert Prep

Course details

Discover the fundamentals of Terraform and how to manage modern cloud infrastructure. This course introduces you to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts, Terraform configuration techniques, and state management practices. Explore powerful Terraform features through interactive lessons and hands-on exercises, working with modules, providers, and variables. Review workflows for efficiency and accuracy, learning how to manage complex setups and implement scalable best practices. Designed for DevOps engineers and cloud architects, this course equips you for the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate exam. By the end of this course, you'll have covered the essentials of cloud infrastructure management.

Concepts

Understand Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Concepts

Introduction
Understanding IaC
Challenges before IaC
Describe advantages of IaC patterns
Understanding Terraform

Terraform Fundamentals

Install Terraform on macOS
Adding Terraform in VS Code
Basic file structure of Terraform
Understanding providers
Provider block (provider.tf)
Version control in providers
Authentication
Understanding resources
Understanding main.tf
main.tf hands-on

Core Terraform Workflow

Understanding Terraform plan
Different ways to authenticate AWS, part 1
Different ways to authenticate AWS, part 2
Understanding Terraform apply
Understanding Terraform destroy
Dependency lock file
Understanding state file
State file hands-on

Terraform Configuration

Attributes
Attributes hands-on
Attributes hands-on with cross-reference
Terraform fmt command
Terraform validate command
Resource dependencies
Implicit dependency hands-on
Explicit dependency hands-on
Using multiple providers

Variables Precedence and Data Types with Hands-On

Understanding variables with precedence
Variable block with hands-on
Environment variables with hands-on
tfvars file with hands-on
Data types hands-on, part 1
Data types hands-on, part 2 (list)
Data types hands-on, part 3 (map)
Understanding meta-arguments
Meta-argument hands-on, part 1 (count)
Meta-argument hands-on, part 2 (for each with map)
Meta-argument hands-on, part 3 (for each with set)
Understanding lifecycle meta-argument
Meta-argument hands-on, part 4 (prevent destroy)
Meta-argument hands-on, part 5 (create before destroy)
Meta-argument hands-on, part 6 (ignore changes)
Output usage with hands-on

Data Sources, Functions, Expressions, and Conditions

Understanding locals
Locals hands-on
Understanding data sources
Data sources hands-on
Understanding expressions
Understanding conditions
Conditions hands-on
Understanding functions
Functions hands-on
Understanding dynamic blocks
Dynamic blocks hands-on
Splat expressions
Splat expressions hands-on

State File Advance

Terraform refresh
Terraform refresh hands-on
Remote state file (backend block)
Remote state file hands-on
State file migration hands-on
State lock file (state locking)
State lock file hands-on - Using DynamoDB table (old style)
State lock file hands-on - Using S3 native (new style)
Terraform state commands

Crucial Concepts

Understanding Terraform logs
Terraform logs hands-on
Understanding Terraform taint
Terraform taint hands-on
Terraform replace hands-on
Understanding drift changes
Drift changes hands-on
Understanding Terraform import
Import hands-on
Understanding Terraform graph

Terraform Modules

Understanding modules and its types
Terraform registry modules (S3) hands-on
Custom module hands-on, part 1
Custom module hands-on, part 2
Terraform workspaces
Understanding alias
Alias provider hands-on

Provisioners (Good to Know)

Understanding provisioners and its types
Understanding remote-exec provisioner
Remote-exec provisioner hands-on
Understanding local-exec provisioner
Local-exec provisioner hands-on
Understanding file provisioner
File provisioner hands-on

HCP Terraform

HCP Terraform Cloud overview
Creating HashiCorp Cloud account
Setting up organization and projects
Integrating Terraform CLI with Cloud
Sentinel