More than Certified in Terraform 2024

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and Prerequisites (REFRESH)

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 2: About the Refresh – READ ME FIRST!!!

Lecture 3: GitHub and Codespaces Setup

Lecture 4: GitHub CLI Permissions

Lecture 5: Install Terraform

Lecture 6: Update Terraform

Chapter 2: Terraform Fundamentals (REFRESH!)

Lecture 1: Providers

Lecture 2: Terraform Init

Lecture 3: Provider Versioning and Dependency Locks

Lecture 4: Backends

Lecture 5: Our First Resource

Lecture 6: Terraform Plan, Apply, and Destroy

Lecture 7: Resource Addresses

Lecture 8: The State File

Lecture 9: Terraform State Commands

Lecture 10: Resources – Terraform Apply Yourself!

Lecture 11: The Random Provider

Lecture 12: Terraform Console and Interpolation

Lecture 13: Count

Lecture 14: Count: Terraform Apply Yourself!

Lecture 15: Splat and Outputs

Lecture 16: Terraform Types

Lecture 17: For Expressions

Lecture 18: Variables

Lecture 19: Variable Precedence

Lecture 20: Variable Validation

Lecture 21: The Contains Function

Lecture 22: Conditionals

Lecture 23: Terraform state rm and refresh-only

Lecture 24: for_each Meta-Argument

Lecture 25: for_each: Terraform Apply Yourself

Lecture 26: The Length Function

Lecture 27: local-exec Provisioner

Lecture 28: local-exec: Terraform Apply Yourself

Lecture 29: depends_on Meta-Argument

Lecture 30: for_each with Maps

Lecture 31: Our Deployment in Action

Lecture 32: ignore_changes Lifecycle Meta-Argument

Lecture 33: Data Sources

Lecture 34: Heredocs and Escape Sequences

Lecture 35: Template Files

Lecture 36: Refactoring and Moved Blocks

Lecture 37: Nested Blocks

Lecture 38: Dynamic Blocks

Lecture 39: The try Function

Lecture 40: More on the Way!

Chapter 3: Modular Terraform (REFRESH)

Lecture 1: First Module

Lecture 2: Path References

Lecture 3: Locals

Lecture 4: Module Outputs

Chapter 4: Introduction and Prerequisites

Lecture 1: Terraform Version Notes (Important!)

Lecture 2: Downloading the Code

Lecture 3: AWS Setup and Cloud9 Info

Lecture 4: New AWS Account Setup

Lecture 5: Configuring Billing Alarms

Lecture 6: Adding Security to your AWS Account

Lecture 7: AWS Cloud9 Configuration

Lecture 8: AWS Cloud9 Disk Expanding

Lecture 9: Security Groups and IP Access

Lecture 10: Terraform Installation (Same Instructions for all Versions)

Lecture 11: Terraform Terminology (Skip if you have passed the exam or are already familiar)

Chapter 5: Terraform Basics and Docker

Lecture 1: Docker Provider Upgrade Notice! (Important!)

Lecture 2: The Docker Provider

Lecture 3: Terraform Init Deeper Dive

Lecture 4: Terraform Dependency Lock (v0.14+ only)

Lecture 5: Your First Terraform Apply!

Lecture 6: Terraform Plan and Apply Deeper Dive

Lecture 7: Referencing other Resources

Lecture 8: Viewing Your Deployment in the Browser

Lecture 9: Terraform State Deeper Dive

Lecture 10: Terraform Console and Outputs

Lecture 11: The Join Function

Lecture 12: The Random Resource

Lecture 13: Multiple Resources and Count

Lecture 14: The Splat Expression

Lecture 15: "For" Loops

Lecture 16: Tainting and Updating Resources

Lecture 17: State Locking and Breaking State

Lecture 18: Terraform Import

Lecture 19: Terraform Refresh and State rm (Updated!)

Lecture 20: Adding Variables

Lecture 21: Variable Validation (v 0.13+ only)

Lecture 22: Variables and Output Files

Lecture 23: Sensitive Variables and .tfvars files

Lecture 24: Variable Definition Precedence

Lecture 25: Hiding Sensitive Variables from CLI (v 0.14+ only)

Lecture 26: The Bind Mount and Local-Exec

Lecture 27: Utilizing Local Values

Lecture 28: Min and Max Functions and the Expand Expression

Lecture 29: Path References and String Interpolation

Lecture 30: Maps and Lookups: the Image Variable

Lecture 31: Maps and Lookups: External Ports

Lecture 32: Terraform Workspaces

Lecture 33: Referencing your Workspaces

Lecture 34: Utilizing Map Keys instead of Lookups