Terraform Workshop

Basic Configuration

• Verify Terraform installation
• Generate your first Terraform Configuration
• Use the Terraform CLI to Get Help
• Apply and Update your Configuration

Outputs

• Create output variables in your configuration file
• Use the output command to find specific variables

Console

• Use terraform console to query specific instance information.

Auto-Formatting

• Auto-formatting configuration files to match the HCL specification.
• Plugins exist for most major editors.

Variables

• Create variables in a configuration block
• Interpolate those variables
• Create a terraform.tfvars file

Configuration Syntax

• Terraform supports HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language)
• HCL is specifically targeted towards DevOps tools, servers, etc.

Modules

• Refactor your existing code into a local module
• Explore the Pubic Module Registry and install a module
• Refresh and rerun your Terraform configuration

Provisioners

• Create a connection block using your keypair module outputs.
• Create a provisioner block to remotely download code to your instance.
• Apply your configuration and watch for the remote connection.

Graph

• Generate a graph against your current Terraform configuration

Meta Arguments

• Change the number of AWS instances with count
• Modify the rest of the configuration to support multiple instances
• Add variable interpolation to the Name tag to count the new instance

State

• Understand how state is managed
• Understand where state can be stored

Data Sources

• Add an aws_ami data source
• Make aws_instance.web use the AMI returned by the data source

Destroy

• Destroy your infrastructure

Providers

• Understand the role of providers.
• Use multiple providers in concert.

Reading Local State

• Create a Terraform configuration that defines an output
• Read an output value from that project's state

Template Files

• Create a Terraform configuration that contains a template to be rendered
• Use templatefile function to render variables into the template
• Create S3 bucket and attach the policy

Battle Hardened

We bring real experience.

We don't just teach: we do. We've wrestled with Kubernetes, Terraform, Istio, Docker and all of the others in real production situations. We've used them in anger. We know where the tools fall down and what the documentation hides.

Unbiased

We give the best advice for your situation.

We believe in cloud native solutions, but we aren't beholden to any vendor. Every situation is unique, and every tool has flaws. We help you understand how the technologies work together to solve your problems. We guide you away from the tools that are hype, and toward those that have proven their worth.

Intensely Hands-On

More than 50% of the time spent in labs.

That's not a typo. We don’t believe in static, podium-based training with some boring instructor talking at you.

Instead, SuperOrbital courses immerse you in an active learning environment where you can internalize the lessons through collaboration and hands-on workshops. The end result is knowledge that sticks, and a foundation for true expertise.

Thorough

You can't understand the big picture without the details.

We dig deep into a topic, when creating our content. We tease apart every aspect, breaking it down into it's atomic parts. Then we rearrange them into an order our students can easily digest and remember. Our content goes deep, giving you a foundational understanding of how things work under the hood.