Course Outline
Advanced Module Development
- Objective: Design complex and highly reusable modules.
- Advanced module composition techniques.
- Managing module versioning and dependencies.
- Testing modules
Managing Infrastructure at Scale
- Objective: Scale Terraform to handle large-scale infrastructure.
- Strategies for overseeing large Terraform deployments.
- Using workspaces and managing state at scale.
- Enhancing performance through parallelism and resource targeting.
Terraform Automation with CI/CD
- Objective: Automate Terraform workflows within CI/CD pipelines.
- Integrating Terraform with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Automating infrastructure deployment via pipelines.
Testing and Validating Terraform Code
- Objective: Ensure high-quality infrastructure code through rigorous testing.
- Writing automated tests for infrastructure components.
- Introduction to integration testing.
Terraform with External Providers and APIs
- Objective: Extend Terraform's capabilities by interacting with external APIs.
- Utilizing the null provider for custom integrations.
- Developing custom Terraform providers.
- Interacting with external APIs and services.
Implementing Infrastructure Policy as Code
- Objective: Enforce infrastructure best practices using policies.
- Writing and enforcing policies within Terraform.
- Implementing policy-driven workflows.
Optimising Terraform Performance
- Objective: Fine-tune Terraform for efficient, large-scale deployments.
- Optimizing state, resources, and data source usage.
- Managing drift detection and performance tuning.
Debugging and Troubleshooting Terraform
- Objective: Master techniques to identify and resolve issues in Terraform configurations.
- Common Terraform issues and their solutions.
- Debugging state, plan, and apply operations.
Advanced Security Practices
- Objective: Implement robust security measures.
- Managing security groups, firewall rules, and least-privilege access.
- Encrypting Terraform state.
- Auditing and logging Terraform deployments.
Hands-on Lab: Deploy an End-to-End Secure and Automated Cloud Infrastructure
- Objective: Apply advanced techniques to deploy a fully automated, secure infrastructure.
- Incorporating advanced modules, policies, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Implementing multi-cloud architecture.
- Enforcing infrastructure policies.
Course Wrap-Up and Final Q&A
- Objective: Summarize key takeaways and guide future learning paths.
- Final review of advanced concepts.
Requirements
Completion of the Terraform Intermediate Course or equivalent experience. Please specify your preferred cloud platform when booking.
Testimonials (7)
The practical examples and going above and beyond with them.
Anamaria-Daniela Sprinceana
Course - Terraform : Advanced
hands-on exercises
Gabriel Rusu
Course - Terraform : Advanced
Practical examples with real-life applications.
Lucian Popescu
Course - Terraform : Advanced
The effort that the trainer put in preparing the materials.
Catalin Opris
Course - Terraform : Advanced
Hands-on exercises and clear explanations
Bianca
Course - Terraform : Advanced
The fact that beside the Terraform course, the trainer has provided few other tips on other technologies. Liked the examples and the very well prepared materials.
Andrei
Course - Terraform : Advanced
The trainer - open to questions and well prepared.
