Mastering Terraform: A practical guide to building and deploying infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP

Learn from Terraform expert Mark Tinderholt and excel in designing and automating your infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines with Terraform across major cloud platforms and paradigms

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Key Features
Comprehensive guide to building end-to-end solutions with Terraform using VMs, Kubernetes, and Serverless architectures
In-depth coverage of integrating Terraform with HashiCorp tools and popular platforms like Packer, Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
Practical insights on streamlining operations with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines using the Gitflow workflow
Book Description
As cloud technology and automation evolve, managing infrastructure as code, integrating security, and handling microservices complexity have become critical challenges. This book takes a hands-on approach to teaching Terraform, helping you build efficient cloud infrastructure using real-world scenarios and best practices.

It begins with an introduction to Terraform's architecture, covering its command-line interface and HashiCorp Configuration Language. You’ll learn best practices, architectural patterns, and how to implement Terraform across virtual machines, Docker/Kubernetes, serverless environments, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. The book also covers integrating Terraform into CI/CD pipelines with other technologies to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.

Additional chapters focus on security, monitoring, troubleshooting, and cost optimization. You'll also gain insights into preparing for the Terraform Associate certification. By the end, you’ll have the skills to build, automate, and manage cloud infrastructure effectively.

What you will learn
Explore Terraform architecture and configurations in depth
Integrate Packer with Terraform for VM-based solutions
Containerize apps with Docker and Kubernetes
Explore GitOps and CI/CD deployment patterns
Transform existing applications into serverless architectures
Migrate and modernize legacy apps for the cloud
Implement Terraform on AWS, Azure, and GCP
Use Terraform with teams of varying size and responsibility
Who this book is for
This book is for DevOps engineers, cloud engineers, platform engineers, infrastructure engineers, site reliability engineers, developers, and cloud architects who want to utilize Terraform to automate their cloud infrastructures and streamline software delivery. Prior knowledge of cloud architecture, infrastructure, and platforms, as well as Terraform basics, will help you understand the topics present in this book.

Table of Contents
Understanding Terraform Architecture
Using HashiCorp Configuration Language
Harnessing HashiCorp Utility Providers
Foundations of Cloud Architecture – Virtual Machines and Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Beyond VMs – Core Concepts of Containers and Kubernetes
Connecting It All Together – GitFlow, GitOps, and CI/CD
Getting Started on AWS – Building Solutions with AWS EC2
Containerize with AWS – Building Solutions with AWS EKS
Go Serverless with AWS – Building Solutions with AWS Lambda
Getting Started on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Virtual Machines
Containerize on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Kubernetes Service
Go Serverless on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Functions
Getting Started on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with GCE
Containerize on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with GKE