Mastering Terraform: A practical guide to building and deploying infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP

Learn from Terraform expert Mark Tinderholt and excel in designing and automating your infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines with Terraform across major cloud platforms and paradigms Key Features Build comprehensive end-to-end solutions with Terraform using VMs, Kubernetes, and Serverless Integrate Terraform with other HashiCorp products and common tools such as Packer, Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm Streamline your operations using Gitflow powered by GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description
Advancements made in cloud technology and automation tools have led to increased challenges faced in defining and managing your infrastructure or app environment as code on your chosen cloud platform, integrating security, managing microservices complexity, and more. This book takes a learning-by-doing approach to teach you how to employ Terraform features to develop efficient cloud infrastructure using real-world scenarios and best practices.
The book begins by introducing you to Terraform's architecture, both as a command-line tool and its programming language, HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). You’ll discover best practices, usage, and architectural patterns, and implement Terraform on virtual machines (VMs), Docker/Kubernetes, Serverless, and multiple cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. The chapters also show you how to industrialize your CI/CD pipeline by integrating Terraform with other popular technologies to build, provision, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure. You’ll gain a clear understanding of security, monitoring, troubleshooting, and cost optimization, and be able to apply the concepts you’ve learned when preparing for Terraform Associate certification exams.
By the end of this book, you’ll confidently build, automate, and deliver your infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines in cloud-based applications. What you will learn Explore Terraform architecture and configurations in depth Integrate Packer with Terraform for VM-based solutions Containerize apps with Docker and Kubernetes Explore GitOps and CI/CD deployment patterns Transform existing applications into serverless architectures Migrate and modernize legacy apps for the cloud Implement Terraform on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud platforms Use Terraform with teams of varying size and responsibility Who this book is for
This book is for Devops engineers, cloud engineers, platform engineers, infrastructure engineers, site reliability engineers, developers, and cloud architects who want to utilize Terraform to automate their cloud infrastructures and streamline software delivery. Prior knowledge of cloud architecture, infrastructure, and platforms, as well as Terraform basics, will help you understand the topics present in this book. Table of Contents Understanding Terraform Architecture Using HashiCorp Configuration Language Leveraging HashiCorp Utility Providers Understanding Virtual Machine Architecture Patterns Understanding Container Architecture Patterns Understanding GitOps and CI/CD Deployment Patterns Building VM-Based Cloud Solutions with AWS EC2 Building Kubernetes Solutions on AWS with EKS Building Serverless Solutions on AWS with AWS Lambda Building VM-Based Solutions with Azure Virtual Machines Building Kubernetes Solutions on Azure with AKS Building Serverless Solutions on Azure with Azure Functions Provisioning VM-Based Solutions on GCP with GCE Building Kubernetes Solutions on GCP with GKE
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