Azure - Hashicorp Certified: Terraform Associate -70 Demos (updated 2/2023)

Master Terraform on Azure Cloud in practical approach with 70 concepts and 70 demos using detailed GitHub Documentation

What you'll learn

You will learn to master Terraform in a practical perspective with 70 demo's

You will learn each and every concept of Terraform (basic to advanced)

You will learn to write and understand Terraform Resource Behavior in combination with all the Meta-Arguments with 15 Demos

You will learn each and every way (14 types) you can implement the Terraform Input Variables with 14 Demos

You will learn Output Values concept in combination with Terraform Splat Expressions and For Loops with two Meta-Arguments Count and for_each with 3 Demos

You will learn in detail about Terrafrom State, Remote Backends, Terraform Cloud Backends and many Terraform State commands with 5 Demos

You will learn and implement Terraform CLI based workspaces

You will learn and implement all Terraform Provisioners with 4 Demos including Null Resources

You will learn and implement Terraform Modules with 6 Demos (Build Local Module, Public to Public and Private Terraform Registries)

You will learn and implement two important usecases on Terraform Cloud (VCS-Driven and CLI-Driven Workflows)

You will learn about sentinel policies and implement 3 types of sentinel policies

You will learn and implement Terraform Dynamic Expressions, Dynamic Blocks and 15 Terraform Functions

You will also learn and implement Terraform Datasources, Remote State Datasources and Terraform External Providers and Datasources.

Requirements

You must have an Azure Cloud account to follow with me for hands-on activities.

ou don't need to have any basic knowledge of Terraform. Course will get started from very very basics of Terraform and take you to very advanced levels

Description

******* Course Overview *******Welcome to this Amazing course on HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate on Azure - 70  Demos.  Below is the list of modules covered in this course. Course Modules01. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)02. Install Tools on macOS, Linux and windows03. Command Basics04. Language Syntax05. Settings Block06. Providers Block07. Multiple Providers usage08. Dependency Lock File Importance09. Resources Syntax and Behavior10. Resources Meta-Argument - depends_on11. Resources Meta-Argument - count12. Resources Meta-Argument - for_each 13. Resources Meta-Argument - for_each Maps14. Resources Meta-Argument - for_each ToSet15. Resources Meta-Argument - for_each Chaining16. Azure Linux Virtual Machine with Terraform17. Resources Meta-Argument - lifecycle create_before_destroy18. Resources Meta-Argument - lifecycle prevent_destroy19. Resources Meta-Argument - lifecycle ignore_changes20. Input Variables - Basics21. Input Variables - Assign When Prompted22. Input Variables - Override default with CLI var23. Input Variables - Override with environment variables24. Input Variables - Assign with terraform.tfvars25. Input Variables - Assign with tfvars var-file argument26. Input Variables - Assign with auto tfvars27. Input Variables - Lists28. Input Variables - Maps29. Input Variables - Validation Rules30. Input Variables - Sensitive Input Variables31. Input Variables - Structural Type Object32. Input Variables - Structural Type tuple33. Input Variables - Structural Type sets34. Output Values - Basics35. Output Values - With Count and Splat Expression36. Output Values - With for_each and for loops37. Local Values38. Conditional Expressions39. Datasources40. Backends - Remote State Storage41. Remote State Datasource42. State Commands43. Terraform Apply -refresh-only Command44. CLI Workspaces with local backend45. CLI Workspaces with a remote backend46. File Provisioner47. local-exec Provisioner48. remote-exec Provisioner49. Null Resource50. State Import51. Modules from Public Registry52. Terraform Azure Static Website53. Build Local Module54. Publish Modules to Terraform Public Registry55. Module Sources56. Terraform Cloud - VCS-Driven Workflow57. Terraform Cloud - CLI-Driven Workflow58. Terraform Cloud - Share modules in private module registry59. Migrate State to Terraform Cloud60. Basic Sentinel & Cost Control Policies61. Foundational Sentinel Policies62. Dynamic Blocks63. Terraform Debug64. Override Files65. External Provider Basic Demo66. External Provider Integrated Demo67. CLI Config File on macOS and Linux68. CLI Config File on WindowsOS69. Manage Providers70. Terraform FunctionsTerraform Functions used1. element function2. file function3. filebase64 function4. toset function5. length function6. lookup function7. substr function8. contains function9. lower function10. upper function11. regex function12. can function13. keys function14. values function15. sum functionEach of my courses come withAmazing Hands-on Step By Step Learning ExperiencesReal Implementation ExperienceFriendly Support in the Q&A section30 Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Course GitHub Repository Links

Section 2: Infrastructure as Code

Lecture 3 Step-01: Introduction to IAC and Terraform

Section 3: Terraform - Install CLI Tools

Lecture 4 Step-01: MacOS: Install Terraform

Lecture 5 Connect With Me !!!

Lecture 6 Step-02: Install VSCode Editor and Configure Course Git Repo

Lecture 7 Step-03: Install Azure CLI and Git Client

Lecture 8 Step-04: Install Terraform Tools on Windows OS

Lecture 9 Step-05: Install Terraform Tools on Linux OS

Section 4: Terraform Command Basics

Lecture 10 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform Workflow using Terraform Commands

Lecture 11 Step-02: Review Terraform manifests

Lecture 12 Step-03: Execute Terraform core commands

Section 5: Terraform Language Basics

Lecture 13 Step-01: Terraform Configuration Syntax

Lecture 14 Step-02: Terraform Arguments, Meta-Arguments and Attributes

Lecture 15 Step-03: Understand about Terraform Top Level Blocks

Section 6: Terraform Settings & Providers Block

Lecture 16 Step-01: Terraform Settings Block Introduction

Lecture 17 Step-02: Understand required_version in Terraform Block

Lecture 18 Step-03: Terraform Provider Introduction

Lecture 19 Step-04: Understand required_providers in Terraform Block and Provider Block

Lecture 20 Step-05: Terraform Apply and Destroy Commands Auto Approve Option

Section 7: Terraform Multiple Providers

Lecture 21 Step-01: Terraform Multiple Providers Introduction

Lecture 22 Step-02: Implement Terraform Multiple Providers & Clean-Up

Section 8: Terraform Dependency Lock File

Lecture 23 Step-01: Terraform Dependency Lock File Introduction

Lecture 24 Step-02: Review c1-versions.tf, Create RG and Random String Resource

Lecture 25 Step-03: Create Terraform Storage Account Resource

Lecture 26 Step-04: Dependency Lock File Demo and CleanUp

Section 9: Terraform Resource Syntax, Behaviour and State

Lecture 27 Step-01: Terraform Resource Syntax Introduction

Lecture 28 Step-02: Create TF Config for Virtual Network

Lecture 29 Step-03: Create TF Config for Subnet, Public IP and Network Interface

Lecture 30 Step-04: Terraform Resource Behavior Introduction

Lecture 31 Step-05: Resource Behavior: Create Resource Demo

Lecture 32 Step-06: Understand Terraform State in detail

Lecture 33 Step-07: Resource Behavior: Update-In-Place, Destroy-Recreate and Destroy Demo's

Lecture 34 Step-08: Understand Terraform Desired and Current States and CleanUp

Section 10: Terraform Meta-Argument depends_on

Lecture 35 Step-00: All Meta-Arguments Introduction

Lecture 36 Step-01: Introduction to Meta-Argument depends_on

Lecture 37 Step-02: Execute TF Commands without depends_on and understand Terraform Behavio

Lecture 38 Step-03: Execute TF Commands with depends_on and understand Terraform Behavior

Section 11: Provision Azure Linux VM using Terraform, file and filebase64 functions

Lecture 39 Step-01: Introduction to Azure Linux VM using Terraform

Lecture 40 Step-02: Create TF Config for Azure Linux VM

Lecture 41 Step-03: Review CloudInit file for custom_data and filebase64 function

Lecture 42 Step-04: Execute TF Commands, Verify and Clean-Up Azure All resources

Section 12: Terraform Meta-Argument count with Element Function and Splat Expression

Lecture 43 Step-01: Introduction to Meta-Argument count

Lecture 44 Step-02: Meta-Argument Count - Azure Resource Group Demo

Lecture 45 Step-03: Introduction to Meta-Argument count for Azure Linux VM

Lecture 46 Step-04: Learn Terraform Element, Length Functions and Splat Expressions

Lecture 47 Step-05: Apply Element Function, Splat Expression to VMNIC and Linux VM

Lecture 48 Step-06: Execute Terraform Commands, Verify 2 Linux VMs and CleanUp

Section 13: Terraform Meta-Argument for_each with Maps, Set of Strings and Chaining

Lecture 49 Step-01: Introduction to Meta-Argument for_each

Lecture 50 Step-02: Meta-Argument for_each with Maps Demo

Lecture 51 Step-03: for_each - Set of Strings Introduction and Terraform Console Command wi

Lecture 52 Step-04: Implement for_each with set of strings

Lecture 53 Step-05: for_each chaining Introduction and Review TF Configs

Lecture 54 Step-06: Implement for_each chaining

Section 14: Meta-Argument lifecycle create_before_destroy, prevent_destroy and ignore_change

Lecture 55 Step-01: Lifecycle Meta-Argument Introduction

Lecture 56 Step-02: Explore default resource behavior - Delete and Recreate Resource

Lecture 57 Step-03: Lifecycle Meta-Argument create_before_destroy demo

Lecture 58 Step-04: Lifecycle Meta-Argument prevent_destroy demo

Lecture 59 Step-05: Without Lifecycle Meta-Argument ignore_changes understand Terraform beh

Lecture 60 Step-06: Lifecycle Meta-Argument ignore_changes demo

Section 15: Terraform Input Variables - 14 Demos

Lecture 61 Step-00: Terraform Input Variables Overall Introduction

Lecture 62 Step-01: Define Terraform Input Variable

Lecture 63 Step-02: Terraform Input Variable Basics Demo

Lecture 64 Step-03: Terraform Input Variables - Assign When Prompted demo

Lecture 65 Step-04: Terraform Input Variables - CLI Argument -var

Lecture 66 Step-05: Terraform Input Variables - CLI Argument -var by generating a TF Plan f

Lecture 67 Step-06: Terraform Input Variables - Override with Environment Variables

Lecture 68 Step-07: Terraform Input Variables - Override with terraform.tfvars

Lecture 69 Step-08: Terraform Input Variables - anyfilename.tfvars with -var-file argument

Lecture 70 Step-09: Terraform Input Variables - understand .auto.tfvars

Lecture 71 Step-10: Terraform Input Variables - Review TF Configs for List Item

Lecture 72 Step-11: Terraform Input Variables - Create List Variable, Verify and CleanUp

Lecture 73 Step-12: Terraform Input Variables - Review TF Configs for Maps Item

Lecture 74 Step-13: Terraform Input Variables - lookup function

Lecture 75 Step-14: Terraform Input Variables - Create Map Variables, Verify and CleanUp

Lecture 76 Step-15: Terraform Functions: Length, Substring, Lower, Upper and Contains

Lecture 77 Step-16: Terraform Input Variables - Validation Rules with OR and contains funct

Lecture 78 Step-17: Terraform Input Variables - Validation Rules with regex and can functio

Lecture 79 Step-18: Terraform Input Variables - Sensitive Introduction

Lecture 80 Step-19: Terraform Input Variables - Define Sensitive, bool and Number Variables

Lecture 81 Step-20: Terraform Input Variables - Create Azure MySQL Server Resources

Lecture 82 Step-21: Terraform Input Variables - Create Azure MySQL DB, Test and CleanUp

Lecture 83 Step-22: Terraform Input Variables - Structural Type Object Introduction

Lecture 84 Step-23: Terraform Input Variables - Create TF Configs of ST Object

Lecture 85 Step-24: Terraform Input Variables - Execute TF Commands, Verify and CleanUp ST

Lecture 86 Step-25: Terraform Input Variables - Create TF Configs for ST Tuple

Lecture 87 Step-26: Terraform Input Variables - Run TF Plan and Verify tuple var value repl

Lecture 88 Step-27: Terraform Input Variables - Introduction to Collection Type set

Lecture 89 Step-28: Terraform Input Variables - Review TFConfigs for CT Set

Lecture 90 Step-29: Terraform Input Variables - Execute TF Commands, Verify and CleanUp CT

Section 16: Terraform Output Values - 3 Demos

Lecture 91 Step-00: Output Values Introduction

Lecture 92 Step-01: Create Basic Output Values and Review TF Configs

Lecture 93 Step-02: Execute TF Commands, Verify and learn about "terraform output" command

Lecture 94 Step-03: Output Values with Sensitive flag and also "terraform output -json"

Lecture 95 Step-04: Output Values with Meta-Argument count and Splat Expression

Lecture 96 Step-05: Output Values with Meta-Argument for_each and For Expression - Introduc

Lecture 97 Step-06: Create List Outputs

Lecture 98 Step-07: Create Map Outputs and use key and values functions

Section 17: Terraform Local Values

Lecture 99 Step-01: Terraform Local Values Introduction

Lecture 100 Step-02: Create Local Values Terraform Config

Section 18: Terraform Conditional Expressions

Lecture 101 Step-01: Terraform Conditional Expressions Introduction and Create TF Configs

Lecture 102 AZHCTA-36-02-TFCE-Conditional-Expressions-Execute-TFCommands-Verify-CleanUp

Lecture 103 AZHCTA-36-03-TFCE-Conditional-Expressions-in-a-Resource-Demo

Section 19: Terraform Datasources

Lecture 104 Step-01: Terraform Datasources Introduction

Lecture 105 Step-02: Create Datasource for Resource Group Resource

Lecture 106 Step-03: Create Datasource for Virtual Network

Lecture 107 Step-04: Create Datasource for Azure Subscription

Section 20: Terraform Remote State Storage and Locking using Azure Storage Account

Lecture 108 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform Remote State Storage and Locking

Lecture 109 Step-02: Create Azure Storage Account and Container

Lecture 110 Step-03: Create TF Backend Block with Azure Storage Account and Review TF Config

Lecture 111 Step-04: Execute TF Commands, Verify Remote State Storage and Locking Features

Lecture 112 Step-05: Understand Azure Storage Account TF State File Versioning and CleanUp

Section 21: Terraform Remote State Datasource with Two Terraform Projects

Lecture 113 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform Remote State Datasource

Lecture 114 Step-02: Review and Create Project-1 Network Resources

Lecture 115 Step-03: Review Project-2-app1 TF Configs

Lecture 116 Step-04: Execute TF Commands for Project-2 Verify and CleanUp both Projects

Section 22: Terraform State Commands - show, state, force-unlock, taint, untaint, -target

Lecture 117 Step-01: Terraform Show Command to read Terraform Plan Files

Lecture 118 Step-02: Terraform Show Command to read Terraform State Files

Lecture 119 Step-03: Terraform State List and Show Commands

Lecture 120 Step-04: Terraform State mv command

Lecture 121 Step-05: Terraform State rm command and replace-provider command

Lecture 122 Step-06: Terraform State Push Pull and Force-Unlock Commands

Lecture 123 Step-07: Terraform Taint and Untaint Commands

Lecture 124 Step-08: Terraform Plan and Apply - "-target" option for Resource Targeting

Section 23: Terraform apply refresh-only command

Lecture 125 Step-01: Introduction to "terraform apply -refresh-only" command

Lecture 126 Step-02: Execute TF Commands with "terraform apply -refresh-only" and Clean-Up

Section 24: Terraform CLI Workspaces with Local and Remote Backends

Lecture 127 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform CLI Workspaces

Lecture 128 Step-02: Review TF Configs and understand terraform.workspace variable

Lecture 129 Step-03: Create Resources in default workspace and learn commands workspace list

Lecture 130 Step-04: Create new workspace, create resources and understand state files

Lecture 131 Step-05: Learn to delete resources in workspaces and deleting workspaces

Lecture 132 Step-06: Implement CLI Workspaces with Remote State Storage Backend

Section 25: Terraform Provisioners - File, remote-exec and local-exec

Lecture 133 Step-00: Terraform Provisioners Overall Introduction

Lecture 134 Step-01: Understand File Provisioner, Self Object and Create Connection Block

Lecture 135 Step-02: Understand Creation-Time Provisioner and Create File Provisioners

Lecture 136 Step-03: Execute TF Commands and Verify Files provisioned to Linux VM

Lecture 137 Step-04: Provisioners on_failure = continue or fail verify and cleanup

Lecture 138 Step-05: Remote-exec Provisioner Demo

Lecture 139 Step-06: Local-exec Provisioner Demo

Section 26: Terraform Null Resource, Time Provider, Triggers in Null Resource

Lecture 140 Step-01: Understand Null and Time Resources and Create Time Resource

Lecture 141 Step-02: Create Null Resource, File and remote-exec Provisioners and Triggers

Lecture 142 Step-03: Execute TF Commands, Verify Static Content and Understand more about nu

Section 27: Terraform Import Command

Lecture 143 Step-01: Understand Terraform Import and Import Resource Group

Lecture 144 Step-02: Create RG Resource by referring TFSTATE file, Verify and CleanUp

Section 28: Terraform Modules - Use Public Registry Module

Lecture 145 Step-00: Terraform Modules - Overall Introduction

Lecture 146 Step-01: Understand Terraform Modules and its features

Lecture 147 Step-02: Create VNET Module and reference it in VMNIC Resource

Lecture 148 Step-03: Execute TF Commands, Verify VNET, Subnet and Access Sample App

Lecture 149 Step-04: Taint Child Module Resources and Clean-Up

Section 29: Terraform Azure Static Website

Lecture 150 Step-01: Create Static Website manually using Azure Storage Account

Lecture 151 Step-02: Create TF Configs for Static Website Automation

Lecture 152 Step-03: Execute TF Commands, Verify Static Website and CleanUp

Section 30: Terraform Modules - Build Local Terraform Module

Lecture 153 Step-01: Understand about Child Modules and Create it

Lecture 154 Step-02: Create Root Module TF Configs

Lecture 155 Step-03: Execute TF Commands, Verify and CleanUp Static Website created

Lecture 156 Step-04: Understand Terraform get command

Section 31: Terraform Modules - Publish to Terraform Public Registry

Lecture 157 Step-01: Create Git Repo and Commit Static Website TF Module Files and Create 1.

Lecture 158 Step-02: Publish the Module to Terraform Public Registry and Verify

Lecture 159 Step-03: Create Root Module and call public registry module newly published

Lecture 160 Step-04: Learn Module Management in Public Registry and Module Versioning

Section 32: Terraform Module Sources

Lecture 161 Step-01: Implement Terraform Module Sources - Multiple Options

Section 33: Terraform Cloud - Version Control Workflow

Lecture 162 Step-00: Overall Introduction to Terraform Cloud

Lecture 163 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform Cloud VCS Driven Workflow

Lecture 164 Step-02: Create Git Repo and Check-In TF Configs

Lecture 165 Step-03: Create Terraform Cloud Account, Create Organization and Enable Trial Pl

Lecture 166 Step-04: Create Terraform Cloud Workspace with advanced settings

Lecture 167 Step-05: Create Azure Service Principal Client and Client Secret

Lecture 168 Step-06: Add Env Variables in TF Cloud and Run Queue Plan and Verify

Lecture 169 Step-07: Trigger Runs when change happens to Git Repo, Test Auto Apply General S

Lecture 170 Step-08: Learn Workspace Settings Notifications, Run Trrigers, SSH Keys, Version

Section 34: Terraform Cloud - Private Module Registry

Lecture 171 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform Private Module Registry

Lecture 172 Step-02: Create Git Repo and Publish 1.0.0 release

Lecture 173 Step-03: Create Github Oauth Connection and Publish Private Module in TF Cloud

Lecture 174 Step-04: Create TF Configs, Use Source as Private Module and Execute TF Commands

Section 35: Terraform Cloud - CLI Driven Workflow

Lecture 175 Step-01: Terraform Cloud CLI Driven Workflow - Introduction

Lecture 176 Step-02: Review TF Configs and Configure Remote Backend as TF Cloud and Run TF L

Lecture 177 Step-03: Configure AZ ENV Variables in TF Workspace and Run Terraform Apply and

Section 36: Terraform Cloud - Migrate State to Terraform Cloud

Lecture 178 Step-01: Firstly Provision Infra with local Backend

Lecture 179 Step-02: Migrate Local Backend State to Terraform Cloud

Lecture 180 Step-03: Provision new resources and test and run destroy plan from TF Cloud

Section 37: Terraform Cloud - Sentinel Policies

Lecture 181 Step-00: Overall Introduction to Terraform Sentinel Policies

Lecture 182 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform Sentinel Policies and Review TF Configs

Lecture 183 Step-02: Understand Terraform Governance Git Repo and its importance when using

Lecture 184 Step-03: Review Sentinel Policies and Understand Enforcement Levels

Lecture 185 Step-04: Create Git Repo with Sentinel Policies and TFCloud Policy Set

Lecture 186 Step-05: Test Sentinel Enforcement Levels

Section 38: Terraform Cloud - Sentinel Foundational Policies

Lecture 187 Step-01: Understand Foundational CIS Policies and Check-In Git Repo

Lecture 188 Step-02: Create Policy Set and Test

Section 39: Terraform Dynamic Blocks

Lecture 189 Step-01: Introduction to Terraform Dynamic Blocks

Lecture 190 Step-02: Create NSG Resource without Dynamic Block

Lecture 191 Step-03: Create NSG with Dynamic Block, Verify and CleanUp

Section 40: Terraform Debug

Lecture 192 Step-01: Implement Terraform Debug

Lecture 193 Step-02: Implement Terraform Debug Permanently in Linux, MacOs and Windows

Section 41: Terraform Override Files

Lecture 194 Step-01: Understand Override Files Concept and Implement Demo1 override.tf

Lecture 195 Step-02: Implement Demo2 somefilename_override.tf and Understand .gitignore for

Section 42: Terraform External Provider and Datasource - 2 Demos

Lecture 196 Step-01: Understand External Provider and Datasource and Review Shell Script

Lecture 197 Step-02: Execute TF Commands, Test External Datasource and Clean-Up

Lecture 198 Step-03: Integrate External Datasource and Azure Linux VM

Section 43: Terraform CLI Config File .terraformrc (MacOs, Linux) and terraform.rc (Windows)

Lecture 199 Step-01: Understand Terraform CLI Config File

Lecture 200 Step-02: Implement .terraformrc on MacOS and Test

Lecture 201 Step-03: Implement terraform.rc on WindowsOS and Test

Section 44: Terraform - Manage Providers

Lecture 202 Step-01: Terraform Providers, providers lock and version commands

Lecture 203 Step-02: Terraform Providers Mirror and Schema Commands

Section 45: Azure Terraform VS Code Plugin

Lecture 204 Step-01: Install Graphviz, NodeJS, AZ VSCODE Terraform Extension

Lecture 205 Step-02: RUN TF Commands in VSCode Integrated Terminal

Lecture 206 Step-03: RUN TF Commands in Azure CloudShell Terminal using VSCode

Section 46: Exam Preparation

Lecture 207 Step-01: Exam Preparation

Section 47: Exam Registration

Lecture 208 Step-01: Exam Registration

Lecture 209 Step-02: Exam Physical Space Requirements

Lecture 210 Step-03: Exam Tips

Section 48: Congratulations !!!

Lecture 211 Congratulations !!!

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