Get started with the foundations of Infrastructure as Code and learn how
Terraform can automate the deployment and management of resources on
Azure. This book covers all of the software engineering practices
related to Terraform and Infrastructure as Code with Azure as a cloud
provider.
The book starts with an introduction to Infrastructure as Code and
covers basic concepts, principles, and tools, followed by an overview of
Azure and Terraform that shows you how Terraform can be used to
provision and manage Azure resources. You will get started writing
multiple Terraform scripts and explore its various concepts. Author
Ritesh Modi takes a deep dive into Terraform and teaches you about
deployment and multiple resource creation using loops. Writing a
reusable script using modules is discussed as well as management and
administration of secrets, sensitive data, and passwords within
Terraform code. You will learn to store and version Terraform scripts
and know how Terraform is used in Azure DevOps pipelines. And you will
write unit and integration tests for Terraform and learn its best
practices. The book also highlights and walks through the Terraform
Azure Provider and shows you a simple way to create a new Terraform
provider.
After reading this book, you will be able to write quality Terraform
scripts that are secure by design, modular, and reusable in Azure.
What Will You Learn
- Understand implementation within infrastructure and application
deployments
- Provision resources in Azure using Terraform
- Use unit and integration testing
- Explore concepts such as local vs remote, importing state, workspaces,
and backends
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Who This Book Is For**
Software engineers, DevOps professionals, and technology architects