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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Review of Fundamental Terraform Core Principles

  • Command-line interface capabilities and comprehensive sub-command documentation
  • Operational workflow architecture in Terraform
  • State management: Criticality, integrity, and associated vulnerabilities
  • Hashicorp Configuration Language (HCL) evolution: Pre-0.12 versus Post-0.12 standards

Architecture of Advanced Terraform Projects and Modular Systems

  • Strategies for modular design
    • Single-project environments with multiple modules
    • Related multi-project infrastructure across single, hybrid, or platform clouds
    • Root module decomposition strategies
      • Organizational best practices for managing both new initiatives and legacy monolithic codebases

Development and Lifecycle Management of Advanced Terraform Modules

  • Comprehensive implementation of industry best practices
  • Module versioning and control mechanisms
  • Emphasis on DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principles for code sharing
  • Management of complex provider configurations across distributed projects and modules
  • Utilization of Terraform Null Resource for specific operational requirements

Introduction to Build Automation via Make and Makefiles

  • Automation of recurring Terraform tasks using standard Linux-based build tools to enhance consistency

Advanced Terraform Tooling and Command-Line Proficiency

  • In-depth understanding of state management and state file integrity
  • State migration and management strategies for complex operational scenarios
  • Terraform import techniques for integrating complex existing environments
  • Mitigation strategies for operational errors and inconsistencies
    • Management of severe configuration drift
    • Handling corrupted or unrecoverable state data
    • Identification of non-reversible infrastructure states
    • Proactive measures to prevent critical state management failures

Advanced HCL Expression Capabilities

  • Advanced configuration language features and implementation
    • Strategies for code reusability and abstraction
    • Implementation of loops and meta-arguments
    • Usage of For expressions for dynamic resource generation
    • Type management within expression contexts

Security Hardening and Risk Mitigation in Terraform

  • Shift-left security practices and defense-in-depth strategies
  • Securing state files against unauthorized access and tampering
  • Credential and secret management: Least privilege enforcement, rotation policies, and protection mechanisms
  • Identification of security vulnerabilities in Terraform workflows

Infrastructure Reliability and Testing Methodologies

  • Evaluation of current automated and manual testing frameworks
    • Assessment of the current landscape, including tools such as Terratest
  • Mitigation of drift and management of unintended consequences in production scenarios
  • Balance between developer accountability and automated validation, including git hooks and pre-commit tools

Automation of Terraform and Integration into Delivery Pipelines

  • Integration of Terraform with Spinnaker
  • Leveraging automated delivery pipelines to enhance quality assurance, stability, and infrastructure reliability
  • Terraform and GitOps: Adoption strategies for GitOps workflows
  • Overview of Terraform Cloud and Enterprise: Analysis of workflow improvements and comparison with alternative solutions such as custom CI/CD pipelines and tools like Atlantis

Management of Complex AWS Infrastructure Using Terraform

  • Design and deployment of VPC architectures
  • Provisioning and management of EC2 instances and compute resources
  • Configuration of AWS networking components
  • Integration of AWS services into Terraform-managed environments
  • Implementation of security best practices for AWS resources

Summary and Recommended Path Forward

Requirements

  • Foundational understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts
  • Basic proficiency in Terraform operations

Target Audience

  • DevOps Engineers
  • System Administrators
  • System Architects

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