Terraform Foundations
- Course Code 8H500G
- Duration 2 days
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Course Delivery
This course is available in the following formats:
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Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
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Virtual Learning
Learning that is virtual
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Course Overview
TopThe course introduces the principles and benefits of IaC and guides learners through the fundamentals of using Terraform to automate infrastructure management across various cloud platforms.
This course will cover the following topics :
- Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Terraform Basics
- Terraform Resources and Providers
- Variables and Outputs
- State Management
- Modules and Workspaces
- Terraform Workflows
- Best Practices and Hands-On Labs
Updated April 2026
Virtual Learning
This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.
Course Schedule
TopTarget Audience
Top- IT Infrastructure Engineers
- DevOps Engineers
- Cloud Architects
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
- IT Managers
- Consultants
Course Objectives
TopAfter this course participants should be able to:
- Understand the principles and benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Install and configure Terraform.
- Write and interpret Terraform configuration files. (.tf)
- Define and manage infrastructure resources using providers.
- Implement dynamic configuration with variables and extract output values.
- Manage Terraform code with modeules and manage multiples environments using workspaces.
- Automate Terraform execution and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
- Adopt best practices for designing, seguring, and sharing Terraform configurations.
Course Content
TopDay 1
- Introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Introduction to Terraform
- Command line client
- Language basics
Day 2
- Providers
- Cloud Authentication
- Modules and Workspaces
- Intermediate Language
Day 3
- Templates
- Provisioners
- Testing
- Recommended Patterns
- Best Practices
Course Prerequisites
TopParticipants should have notions of system and storage concepts.
Test Certification
TopThis course helps preparing Terraform Associate Certification
Follow on Courses
Top- 8H503G Advanced HCP Terraform
Further Information
Top- Official course book provided to participants