Skill · Provisioning · Provision as code with Terraform
Parameterize a Terraform project and expose its results without duplicating values
Parameterize a project with typed, validated variables, tfvars files and locals, and expose its results through outputs, without duplicating values.
Start lesson 1The Provisioning domain
- 4 lessons
- ~4 h 00 of reading
- 3 quizzes
- 0 proof lab
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Parameterize a Terraform project and expose its results without duplicating values
Computing
It unlocks · 5 skills
- Organize several environments and a Terraform repository without dangerous coupling
- Generate Terraform resources in a controlled way with expressions, functions, count and for_each
- Design, structure and test a reusable Terraform module
- Consume and version Terraform modules reproducibly
- Handle sensitive data in Terraform without exposing it in outputs or state
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Lessons
How to learn it
4 lessons, about ~4 h 00, in program order. Each lesson ends with its quiz.
The program
4 lessons · ~4 h 00
- 1Variables Terraform (in French)· 65 min
- 2Fichiers tfvars (in French)· 40 min
- 3Outputs Terraform (in French)· 60 min
- 4Locals Terraform (in French)· 75 min
Beyond the lessons
Assess, practise, pass the proof
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Assess yourself
3 quizzes
At the end of the lessons: passed at 70%, they confirm the skill.
Practice
5 guided labs
Proof
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Apply it on real infrastructure
- Variables et outputs Terraform (in French)
- Learn Terraform with no cloud account and no credit card
- Quiz Écrire du code Terraform (in French)
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Same block · Provision as code with Terraform
- Initialise, run and troubleshoot a Terraform project, from init to destroy
- Declare Terraform resources and data sources with pinned providers
- Generate Terraform resources in a controlled way with expressions, functions, count and for_each
- Control the ordering, replacement and guardrails of Terraform resources
- Handle sensitive data in Terraform without exposing it in outputs or state
- Share a remote, locked and recoverable Terraform state
- Inspect and repair a Terraform state, move or remove resources without recreating them
- Organize several environments and a Terraform repository without dangerous coupling
- Run Terraform non-interactively in a pipeline, with guardrails
- Design, structure and test a reusable Terraform module
- Consume and version Terraform modules reproducibly