Course Details:
Managing Azure with Terraform

As enterprises seek to deploy and maintain increasingly complex Azure cloud infrastructure, there is a necessity to use "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) tools, like Terraform. An open-source, state management tool developed by HashiCorp, Terraform allows developers to use a common coding interface to work through their various clouds safely and efficiently. Attendees will leave being able to write and understand Terraform code (HCL), have a clear understanding of Terraform's various components and supporting tools, as well as when to reach for Terraform over another IaC tool, such as Ansible.

Audience

• DevOps Engineers
• Software Developers
• Technical Managers and Leads
• System and Cloud Administrators
• Network Engineers and Developers

 

Objectives

• Writing Terraform HCL code for managing Azure
• Deploying into Azure
• Where Terraform fits in the Enterprise CI/CD model
• Differences between Terraform and Ansible
• Best practices
• Prepare for HashiCorp's Terraform Associate Certification
• AI LLM prompt engineering for Terraform snippets and jumpstarting solutions

 

Outline

Prefix Chapters

• 💻 Register for Poll
• 💻 Meet VIRGIL: Your AI Lab Coach
• 💻 Welcome to Alta3 Live

Getting Started

• 💻 Vim: A Modal Text Editor
• 💻 Efficient CLI Usage with Tmux

AI Lab Assistance

Introduction to Terraform

• 💬 Terraform Course Map
• 💬 Introduction to Terraform

Software Control Management

• 💻 SCM Option #1 - GitHub

Overview of Terraform

• 💻 Terraform Install
• 💻 gitignore for Terraform

Terraform

• 💬 Managing Azure with Terraform
• 💬 Terraform HCL Syntax
• 💻 Azure and Terraform Resources
• 💬 Terraform Variables
• 💻 Azure and Terraform Variables
• 💬 Terraform Locals
• 💻 Output Values

Azure

• 💬 Exploring Terraform Azure Providers
• 💻 Terraform and Azure
• 💻 Building a Virtual Network
• 💻 Dynamic Provisioning with tfvars Files
• 💻 Creating A Windows VM

• 💬 Microsoft Verified Modules
• 💻 Azure Verified Modules for Terraform

Beyond Basics

• 💬 Import pre-existing infrastructure
• 💻 Data Sources and HTTP Provider
• 💻 Dynamic Operations with Functions
• 💻 Creating a Terraform Module

Loops

• 💬 for_each
• 💻 Looping Constructs - for_each

Provisioning

• 💻 local-exec Provisioner

Dynamic Blocks

• 💻 Dynamic Blocks

Azure Management with Terraform

• 💬 Understanding Azure Managed Identities
• 💻 Managed Identities and Key Vault

Azure Pipelines

• 💻 Azure Pipelines for Terraform

Terraform Review

• 💬 HashiCorp Terraform Study Guide

Continuing Education

• 💬 Planning & Consulting with Alta3 Research
• 💬 Curriculum Path: ServerAdministration

Appendix

• 💬 Glossary
• 💻 Install Terraform on Windows