course 06 · intermediate
Terraform
Describe infrastructure in code, review it in a PR, and apply it the same way every time.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Roadmap
- 16 stages · 54 topics
- Lessons
- 1 of 16 ready
- Done by you
- 0/16 stages
- Before this
- Linux & Bash
- Certificate
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before you start
The Terraform roadmap
Everything this course covers, in the order you'll learn it. Open a stage to see why it matters and jump to its lesson.
01Introductionstart here
Why clicking in the console doesn't scale.
Lesson 1: Infrastructure as code, and where Terraform fits →02HCL
The language every Terraform file is written in.
Lesson 2: HCL · coming soon03Providers
How Terraform talks to AWS, GitHub, Cloudflare and the rest.
Lesson 3: Providers · coming soon04Project initialization
Set up a working directory the right way.
Lesson 4: Project initialization · coming soon05Resources
The things you actually create, and how Terraform decides to change them.
Lesson 5: Resources · coming soon06Variables & outputs
Make one config work for many environments.
Lesson 6: Variables & outputs · coming soon07Format & validate
Cheap checks that catch mistakes before plan.
Lesson 7: Format & validate · coming soon08State
The most important and most dangerous part of Terraform.
Lesson 8: State · coming soon09Plan, apply, destroy
The everyday loop. Always read the plan.
Lesson 9: Plan, apply, destroy · coming soon10Modules
Reuse good infrastructure instead of copy-pasting it.
Lesson 10: Modules · coming soon11Data sources & templates
Read existing infrastructure and render config files.
Lesson 11: Data sources & templates · coming soon12Environments
Keep dev, staging and prod separate and safe.
Lesson 12: Environments · coming soon13CI/CD integration
Plan on every PR, apply on merge. No more laptop applies.
Lesson 13: CI/CD integration · coming soon14Testing
Prove a module works before others depend on it.
Lesson 14: Testing · coming soon15Scaling Terraform
What changes when there are hundreds of resources and many teams.
Lesson 15: Scaling Terraform · coming soon16Security
Keep secrets out of state and catch risky changes early.
Lesson 16: Security · coming soonCourse complete · ready for the next one
Stage order follows the community roadmap at roadmap.sh/terraform, trimmed to what DevOps work needs.