Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud

Cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, and individuals who want to start using Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning with a focus on Google Cloud Platform

After this course participants should be able to:

• Define infrastructure as code.
• Explain the features and benefits of using Terraform.
• Explain the use case of Terraform for Google Cloud.
• Describe how to use Terraform for Google Cloud.
• Explain the Terraform workflow.
• Create basic configuration files within Terraform.
• Explain the purpose of a few Terraform commands.
• Describe the Terraform Validator tool.
• Create, update, and destroy Google Cloud resources using Terraform.
• Declare the resources within Terraform.
• Explain implicit and explicit resource dependencies.
• Use variables and output values within the root configuration.
• Explain Terraform Registry and Cloud Foundation Toolkit.
• Define Terraform modules.
• Use modules to reuse configurations.
• Use modules from the public registry.
• Use input variables to parameterize configurations.
• Use output values to access resource attributes outside the module.
• Define Terraform state.
• List the benefits of storing the state file remotely.
• Explain how to store the Terraform state in a Cloud Storage bucket.
• Explain Terraform state best practices.

Module 01: Introduction to Terraform for Google Cloud

• Introduction to IaC
• What is infrastructure as code (IaC)?
• Problems IaC can solve
• Benefits of IaC
• Provisioning versus configuration
• Imperative versus declarative approach
• Introduction to Terraform
• Terraform overview
• Terraform features
• IaC configuration workflow
• Terraform use cases
• Using Terraform
• How to use Terraform
• Running Terraform in production

Module 02: Terms and concepts

• The Author phase
• Terraform Directory structure
• Introduction to HCL syntax
• Resources
• Variables
• State
• Modules
• Terraform commands
• terraform init
• terraform plan
• terraform apply
• terraform fmt
• terraform destroy
• Terraform Validator tool
• Introduction
• Why use the Terraform Validator tool
• Validation workflow
• Terraform Validator use cases

Module 03: Writing Infrastructure Code for Google Cloud

• Introduction to Resources
• Resources overview
• Syntax
• Example
• Refer a resource attribute
• Considerations to define a resource block
• Meta-arguments for resources
• Resource dependencies
• Implicit dependency
• Explicit dependency
• Introduction to Variables
• Overview
• Syntax to declare a variable
• Syntax to reference and assign a value to a variable
• Variables best practices
• Introduction to output values
• Output values overview
• Best practices
• Terraform Registry and CFT
• Introduction to Terraform Registry
• Introduction to CFT

Module 04: Organizing and Reusing Configuration with Terraform Modules

• Introduction to modules:
• Why are modules needed
• What is a module?
• Example
• Reusing configurations by using modules
• Module sources
• Calling a module into the source configuration
• Using variables to parameterize your configuration
• Pass resource attributes using output variables
• Module use cases, benefits, and best practices

Module 05: Introduction to Terraform State

• Introduction to Terraform state
• How information is stored in a Terraform state file
• Ways to save a state file
• Storing a state file in a Cloud Storage bucket
• Issues when storing the Terraform state locally
• Benefits of storing a state file in a Cloud Storage bucket
• Process of storing a Terraform state file remotely in a Cloud Storage bucket
• Terraform state best practices

To get the most out of this course, participants should:

• Complete Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
• Have basic programming skills and familiarity with using CLI
• Have general familiarity with Google Cloud

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