Terraform cookbook : provision, run, and scale cloud architecture with real-world examples using terraform / Mikael Krief and Armon Dadgar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krief, Mikael, author.

Dadgar, Armon, author.

Series:

Expert insight.

Expert insight

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information networks--Automation.

Information networks.

Information networks--Management.

Cloud computing.

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (635 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd., [2023]

Biography/History:

Krief Mikael: Mikael Krief is a DevOps engineer who lives in France. He believes that Infrastructure as Code is a fundamental practice in DevOps culture. He is therefore interested in HashiCorp products and specializes in the use of Terraform. Mikael loves to share his passion through various communities, such as the HashiCorp User Groups. Over the years, he has contributed to many public projects, written various blog posts, published several books, and spoken at leading conferences. For his contributions and passion, he was nominated and selected as a HashiCorp Ambassador since 2019, and he has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for 7 years.

Summary:

HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) has changed how we define and provision data center infrastructure with the launch of Terraform, a top-tier product for building Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Terraform Cookbook shows you how to leverage Terraform to manage complex infrastructure with ease. This new edition has been updated to include real-world examples for provisioning Azure, AWS and GCP infrastructure with Terraform. You'll delve into manual and automated testing with Terraform configurations, creating and managing a balanced, efficient, and reusable infrastructure with Terraform modules. You'll learn how to automate the deployment of Terraform configuration with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Besides that, several new chapters have been added that describe the use of Terraform for Docker and Kubernetes, examine advanced topics on GitOps practices, and explain how to test Terraform configurations using different tools to check code and security compliance. The final chapter covers troubleshooting common Terraform issues and provides solutions for frequently encountered errors. By the end of this book, you'll have developed the skills needed to get the most value out of Terraform and to effectively manage your infrastructure.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Setting Up the Terraform Environment

Technical requirements

Overviewing Terraform best practices

Downloading and installing Terraform on Windows manually

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

Installing Terraform using Chocolatey on Windows

There's more…

See also

Installing Terraform on Linux using the APT package manager

Installing Terraform using a script on Linux

Executing Terraform in a Docker container

Switching between multiple Terraform versions

Upgrading Terraform providers

Chapter 2: Writing Terraform Configurations

Configuring Terraform and the provider version to use

Adding alias to a provider to use multiple instances of the same provider

Manipulating variables

Keeping sensitive variables safe

Using local variables for custom functions

Using outputs to expose Terraform provisioned data

There's more….

See also

Calling Terraform's built-in functions

Using YAML files in Terraform configuration

Writing conditional expressions

Generating passwords with Terraform

Managing Terraform resource dependencies

Adding custom pre and postconditions

Using checks for infrastructure validation

Chapter 3: Scaling Your Infrastructure with Terraform

Provisioning infrastructure in multiple environments

Provisioning multiple resources with the count meta-argument

Using maps

Looping over a map of objects

Generating multiple blocks with the dynamic block

Filtering maps

Chapter 4: Using Terraform with External Data

Obtaining external data with data sources

Querying external data with Terraform

How to do it….

How it works…

Manipulating local files with Terraform

Executing local programs with Terraform

Executing shell scripts using the Terraform Shell provider

Chapter 5: Managing Terraform State

Using the local Terraform state

Managing resources in Terraform state

Displaying the content of state

Listing Terraform resource names within state

Showing detailed resource properties in state

Deleting resources from state

Synchronizing Terraform state

Importing existing resources

Using external resources from other Terraform state files

Refactoring resources in configuration

Chapter 6: Applying a Basic Terraform Workflow

Keeping your Terraform configuration clean

Validating the code syntax

Destroying infrastructure resources

Displaying a list of providers used in a configuration

How it works….

There's more…

Generating one Terraform lock file with Windows and Linux compatibility

Copying a Terraform module configuration

Using workspaces to manage environments

Exporting the output in JSON

Tainting resources

Generating the dependency graph

Using different Terraform configuration directories

Testing and evaluating a Terraform expression

Debugging the Terraform execution

Chapter 7: Sharing Terraform Configuration with Modules

Creating a Terraform module and using it locally

Provisioning multiple instances of a Terraform module

Using modules from the public registry

Sharing a Terraform module in the public registry using GitHub

Using another file inside a custom module

See also.

Using the Terraform module generator

Generating module documentation

Using a private Git repository for sharing a Terraform module

Applying a Terrafile pattern for using modules

Chapter 8: Provisioning Azure Infrastructure with Terraform

Using Terraform in Azure Cloud Shell

Protecting the Azure credential provider

There's more...

Protecting the state file in the Azure remote backend

Executing ARM templates in Terraform

Executing Azure CLI commands in Terraform

Using Azure Key Vault with Terraform to protect secrets

Provisioning and configuring an Azure VM with Terraform

Building Azure serverless infrastructure with Terraform

Generating a Terraform configuration for existing Azure infrastructure

Enabling optional Azure features

There's more….

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781804619636

1804619639

OCLC:

1396224343