"Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud" is a comprehensive introductory course designed for IT professionals, cloud architects, and DevOps engineers who are eager to learn how to efficiently manage Google Cloud infrastructure using Terraform. This course provides a foundational understanding of Terraform's capabilities, enabling participants to automate and streamline the provisioning and management of cloud resources.
What's in it for you?
- Define the business need for infrastructure as code and the benefits of using it in your environment.
- Explain the features and functionalities of Terraform.
- Use Terraform resources, variables, and output values to create Google Cloud infrastructure resources.
- Use Terraform modules to build reusable configurations.
- Explain Terraform state and its importance.
Who should enroll?
- DevOps engineers, Cloud architects, and Cloud engineers
- Individuals who want to start using Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning with a focus on Google Cloud Platform
Prerequisites
- Completed Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure.
- Have basic programming skills and familiarity with using Command Line Interfaces (CLI).
- Have general familiarity with Google Cloud.
Course Outline
Introduction to Terraform for Google Cloud
- Lesson: Module Overview
- Lesson: Infrastructure as code
- Lesson: Terraform Overview
- Lesson: Using Terraform
Terms and concepts
- Lesson: Module Overview
- Lesson: Terraform Configurations and the HashiCorp Language
- Lesson: Author Phase Terms and Concepts
- Lesson: Terraform Commands
- Lesson: The Terraform Validator
- Lab: Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Writing Infrastructure Code for Google Cloud
- Lesson: Module Overview
- Lesson: Introduction to Resources
- Lesson: Meta-arguments for Resources
- Lesson: Resource Dependencies
- Lesson: Variables
- Lesson: Variables Best Practices
- Lesson: Output Values
- Lesson: Terraform Registry and Cloud Foundation Toolkit
- Lab: Creating Resource Dependencies with Terraform
Organizing and Reusing Configuration with Terraform Modules
- Lesson: Module Overview
- Lesson: Introduction to Terraform modules
- Lesson: Modules use cases and benefits
- Lesson: Reuse Configurations with Modules
- Lesson: Variables and Outputs
- Lab: Automating the Deployment of Infrastructure Using Terraform
Introduction to Terraform State
- Lesson: Module Overview
- Lesson: Introduction to Terraform state
- Lesson: Storing State File
- Lesson: Terraform State Best Practices
- Lab: Creating a Remote Backend
Course FAQs
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