Terraform: Managing Network Infrastructure
1h 11mIntermediate2023-05-22
Authors
William Collins
Hybrid Multicloud Expert and Principal Technologist
Course details
Terraform has become one of the most popular infrastructure-as-code tools in the world. For engineers and admins, learning to use Terraform in tandem with particular architectural disciplines, like cloud networking, is critical for building repeatable and reliable infrastructure. In this course, instructor William Collins dives into using Terraform to manage cloud network infrastructure with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Learners start by developing an understanding of the basic core principles of Terraform before progressing to hands-on exercises. Starting with simply creating a VPC, learners will progress to more advanced topics like creating subnets, looping through resources, using built-in functions, and leveraging Transit Gateway for intelligent network segmentation.
Skills covered
TerraformHashiCorpData CentersDevOps FoundationsDatabase ManagementDevOpsDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- Network management in the cloud
- What you need to know
Terraform Basics
- Terraform's composition
- Understanding Terraform state
- Manual exploration leads to good Terraform code
- Terraform configuration language basics
- Setting up your Terraform Repo
Foundational Networking in AWS with Terraform
- Creating a bare minimum VPC with Terraform
- Looping over subnets with Terraform count
- Using Terraform to provision EC2 instances
- Building public subnets in AWS with Terraform
- Building private subnets in AWS with Terraform
Advanced Networking in AWS with Terraform
- Using Terraform to expand our infrastructure footprint
- Routing traffic between VPCs using Terraform and VPC peering
- Scaling the network with Terraform and Transit Gateway
- Using segmentation with Transit Gateway and Terraform
Conclusion
- What comes next