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Terraform for absolute beginners

Saurabh Dhingra

Instructor: Saurabh Dhingra

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4.3

(172 reviews)

Beginner level

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2 Hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning
Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance
4.3

(172 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 Hours
Learn at your own pace
Hands-on learning

What you'll learn

  • Understanding Infrastructure as code and Terraform Basics

  • HCL language syntax and using variables

  • Creating resources in Terraform

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About this Guided Project

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Introduction to Infrastructure as code and Terraform

  2. Harshicorp Configuration Language syntax

  3. Create your first infrastructure using Terraform execution flow

  4. Updating a resource in Terraform configuration file

  5. State file and other files created by Terraform

  6. Defining Variables in Terraform

  7. Passing variables via terraform.tfvars file

  8. Writing configuration files to create a resource in Azure Cloud

  9. Creating a resource in Azure cloud via Terraform

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This guided project is for everyone working IT - IT admin, System engineers, software developers, QA who wish to work & learn the DevOps way of work

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Saurabh Dhingra
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  • No downloads or installation required

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  • Available only on desktop

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