DevOps with Terraform

Learn how to use Terraform to manage your infrastructure, from basics to advanced usage.

This is essential for managing infrastructure on AWS.

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Define, Tweak, Refine

Imagine treating your architecture like your code. Build something that works, then refine it - or completely scrap it and start over. Terraform keeps up with you.

Stop clicking around clunky web interfaces and losing track of your AWS bill.
Start managing your infrastructure.

The Course

What you'll learn about Terraform

Terraform is powerful, and relatively simple. But the devil is in the details - see how to professionally use Terraform in your projects.

Learn the Ropes

The basics of Terraform - installation, configuration, and what it looks like to manage infrastructure.

Manage State

See how Terraform tracks infrastructure, how to keep that data safe, and how to use Terraform in teams.

Modular Design

Use Terraform modules to keep configuration clean, & simple. Leverage powerful community modules.

Multiple Environments

Re-use your configuration in multiple environments with clean, composable configuration.

Real World Uses

The real world is messy. We'll keep our Terraform configuration adaptable to change and growth.

Advanced Configuration

Divide your Terraform configurations for better use with multiple teams, across functional areas of AWS, and more.

The Modules

Getting Started

Introducing Terraform

We talk about what Terraform is.

Installing Terraform

We install Terraform.

Configure Your Editor

We configure PHPStorm with a Terraform plugin.

Configuring the AWS Provider

We create a new Git repository and configure Terraform to use AWS.

Creating Infrastructure

Data Sources and EC2 Instances

We define a data source for our AMI and create an EC2 instance.

11m

A Quick Review

We quickly review what we just did and clarify a few things.

Changing Existing Infrastructure

We change some infrastructure and see how Terraform handles it.

Replacing Existing Infrastructure

We change some infrastructure in a way that forces Terraform to destroy and create new resources.

The Lifecycle Meta-Argument

We see what else the lifecycle directives can do.

Variables

We finally stop hard-coding stuff.

Managing State

Local and Remote State

We see where Terraform stores it's "state" and how to use remote state with S3.

State Locking with DynamoDB

We'll add state locking to help with running Terraform in team environments.

Using Modules

An Introduction to Modules

We talk about what Terraform modules are.

An EC2 Modules

We create our first module, converting our EC2 resource into a module for creating EC2 servers.

A Quick Explanation of VPC

We learn what a VPC is and cover a few of its components.

Creating our VPC Module

We dive into creating a VPC module.

16m

VPC Gateways

We'll create an Internet Gateway and a NAT Gateway for our VPC.

Using the VPC

We'll configure our EC2 servers to be created into the subnets of our VPC.

10m

Module Clean Up

We clean up some details about our implementation - Tags and EIPs.

10m

Security Groups

We create and use some security groups for our servers depending on if they're in a public or private network.

10m

Community Modules

Community Modules Intro

We talk about community modules, where to find them, and how to use them.

Community EC2 Module

We integrate the community EC2 module as a "sub-module".

Community VPC Module

We integrate the community VPC module as a "sub-module".

13m

Multiple Environments

Introduction to Multiple Environments

We discuss a few different ways we can re-use our configuration to create separate environments.

Terraform Workspaces

We see how to use Terraform Workspaces to segment different environments.

Environment Directories

We see how to use directory structure (and a helper script) to segment environments.

12m

Advanced Configuration

Organizing With Multiple States

We talk about managing infrastructure with Terraform in ways that may fit multiple teams.

Networking State

We'll create our Networking state area and see what it looks like to manage our VPC, etc, in separate state files.

Compute State

We'll create our Compute state area and see what it looks like to manage our EC2 instances using this method.

10m

Data State

We'll create a new Data state area, and see how to create an Aurora MySQL database in Terraform.

16m