Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud (GSTGC) Objectives

Key Point of Training Programs

• Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud (GSTGC) Outline

  Module 01 - Introduction to Terraform for Google Cloud

  Topics:

  - Introduction to IaC
  - What is infrastructure as code (IaC)?
  - Problems IaC can solve
  - Benefits of IaC
  - Provisioning versus configuration
  - Imperative versus declarative approach
  - Introduction to Terraform
  - Terraform overview
  - Terraform features
  - IaC configuration workflow
  - Terraform use cases
  - Using Terraform
  - How to use Terraform
  - Running Terraform in production
  - Installing Terraform
  - Authentication for Google Cloud

  Objectives: Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:

  - Define infrastructure as code.
  - Explain the features and benefits of using Terraform.
  - Explain the use case of Terraform for Google Cloud.
  - Describe how to use Terraform for Google Cloud.

  Module 02 - Terms and Concepts

  Topics:

  - The Author phase
  - Terraform Directory structure
  - Introduction to HCL syntax
  - Resources
  - Variables
  - State
  - Modules
  - Terraform commands
  - terraform init
  - terraform plan
  - terraform apply
  - terraform fmt
  - terraform destroy
  - Terraform Validator tool
  - Introduction
  - Why use the Terraform Validator tool
  - Validation workflow
  - Terraform Validator use cases

  Objectives: Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:

  - Explain the Terraform workflow.
  - Create basic configuration files within Terraform.
  - Explain the purpose of a few Terraform commands.
  - Describe the Terraform Validator tool.
  - Create, update, and destroy Google Cloud resources using Terraform.

  Module 03 - Writing Infrastructure Code for Google Cloud

  Topics:

  - Introduction to Resources
  - Resources overview
  - Syntax
  - Example
  - Refer a resource attribute
  - Considerations to define a resource block
  - Meta-arguments for resources
  - Resource dependencies
  - Implicit dependency
  - Explicit dependency
  - Introduction to Variables
  - Overview
  - Syntax to declare a variable
  - Syntax to reference and assign a value to a variable
  - Variables best practices
  - Introduction to output values
  - Output values overview
  - Best practices
  - Terraform Registry and CFT
  - Introduction to Terraform Registry
  - Introduction to CFT

  Objectives: Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:

  - Declare the resources within Terraform.
  - Explain implicit and explicit resource dependencies.
  - Use variables and output values within the root configuration.
  - Explain Terraform Registry and Cloud Foundation Toolkit.

  Module 04 - Organizing and Reusing Configuration with Terraform Modules

  Topics:

  - Introduction to modules:
  - Why are modules needed
  - What is a module?

  Example
  - Reusing configurations by using modules
  - Module sources
  - Calling a module into the source configuration
  - Using variables to parameterize your configuration
  - Pass resource attributes using output variables
  - Module use cases, benefits, and best practices

  Objectives: Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:

  - Define Terraform modules.
  - Use modules to reuse configurations.
  - Use modules from the public registry.
  -Use input variables to parameterize configurations.
  - Use output values to access resource attributes outside the module.

  Module 05 - Introduction to Terraform State

  Topics:

  - Introduction to Terraform state
  - How information is stored in a Terraform state file
  - Ways to save a state file
  - Storing a state file in a Cloud Storage bucket
  - Issues when storing the Terraform state locally
  - Benefits of storing a state file in a Cloud Storage bucket
  - Process of storing a Terraform state file remotely in a Cloud Storage bucket
  - Terraform state best practices

  Objectives: Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:

  - Define Terraform state.
  - List the benefits of storing the state file remotely.
  - Explain how to store the Terraform state in a Cloud Storage bucket.
  - Explain Terraform state best practices.

• Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud (GSTGC)Course Format

  Live Virtual Course

• Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud (GSTGC) Prerequisites

  To get the most out of this course, participants should:

  Complete Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (GCF-CI)
  Have basic programming skills and familiarity with using CLI
  Have general familiarity with Google Cloud