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Introduction

  • How does Terraform differ from Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or Salt?
  • Why opt for Terraform over Google Deployment Manager?

Terraform Features and Architecture Overview

  • Infrastructure as Code, execution plans, resource graphs, and change automation.

Terraform Workflow

  • Write, Preview, Create, Reproduce, Destroy.

Getting Started

  • Preparing a GCP account for use with Terraform.
  • Initializing Terraform and building a virtual machine (compute engine instance).

Creating an Application

  • Starting a project on GCP.
  • Initializing a sample web application.

Preparing an Execution Plan

  • Writing a new plan, saving, and removing .tf files.

Working with Configuration Files

  • Syntax overview.
  • Writing, version controlling, and updating.

Setting Resource Dependencies

  • Using the Terraform Resource Graph.
  • Distinguishing between infrastructure and application dependencies.

Deploying Infrastructure

  • Previewing configuration changes.
  • Executing changes.

Managing State

  • Setting up Google Cloud Storage for persistence.
  • Configuring Remote State.

Networking

  • Configuring a firewall.
  • Managing subnets.

Reproducing Infrastructure

  • Setting up environments for an application: dev, test/qa, stage, and prod.

Packaging Configuration Files as Modules

  • Duplicating code with shareable modules.
  • Utilizing the Module Registry to build reusable templates.

Integrating Terraform into a Deployment Pipeline

  • Building, deploying, and testing an application.
  • Importing existing external resources into Terraform.

Terraform Performance Tuning

  • Infrastructure monitoring and performance metrics.

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion

Requirements

  • Experience working with a command line interface.
  • A fundamental understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts.

Audience

  • Cloud architects
  • System administrators
  • DevOps engineers
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