Skill · Data formats · Write, check and query configuration and data formats
Format, validate and lint HCL files, in CI and locally
Format HCL with terraform fmt and packer fmt, validate and lint it with TFLint, locally as in CI, reading the return codes.
Start lesson 1The Data formats domain
- 2 lessons
- ~1 h 10 of reading
- 2 quizzes
- 0 proof lab
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Format, validate and lint HCL files, in CI and locally
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Lessons
How to learn it
2 lessons, about ~1 h 10, in program order. Each lesson ends with its quiz.
The program
2 lessons · ~1 h 10
Beyond the lessons
Assess, practise, pass the proof
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Assess yourself
2 quizzes
At the end of the lessons: passed at 70%, they confirm the skill.
Practice
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Proof
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Placement test
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Same block · Write, check and query configuration and data formats
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- Query and modify a YAML document reproducibly
- Validate a YAML document with linting, schemas and automated checks
- Validate JSON strictly and against a JSON Schema
- Produce correctly typed and escaped JSON from a script
- Query structured output with JSONPath, notably in kubectl
- Query structured output with JMESPath (AWS CLI, Azure CLI, Ansible)
- Consume a REST API reliably from a shell script
- Read and write correct HCL, separating the language from what Terraform and Packer add
- Query and modify HCL files from a script, verifiably