Terraform on GCP (Google Cloud Platform) Training Course

Introduction

• How is Terraform different from Chef, Puppet, Ansible or Salt?
• Why not use Google Deployment Manager?

Overview of Terraform Features and Architecture

• Infrastructure as Code, execution plans, resource graphs, change automation

Terraform Workflow

• Write, Preview, Create, Reproduce, Destroy

Getting Started

• Preparing a GCP account to use with Terraform
• Initializing Terraform and building a virtual machine (compute engine instance)

Creating an Application

• Starting a project on GCP
• Initializing a sample web app

Preparing an Execution Plan

• Writing a new plan, saving, and removing .tf files

Working with Configuration Files

• Syntax overview
• Writing, version controlling, and updating

Setting Resource Dependencies

• Using the Terraform Resource Graph
• Infrastructure vs application dependencies

Deploying Infrastructure

• Previewing configuration changes
• Executing changes

Managing State

• Setting up Google Cloud Storage for persistence
• Setting up Remote State

Networking

• Setting up a firewall
• Managing subnets

Reproducing Infrastructure

• Setting up environments for an app: dev, test/qa, stage, and prod

Packaging Configuration Files as Modules

• Duplicating code with shareable modules
• Using the Module Registry to build reusable templates

Integrating Terraform into a Deployment Pipeline

• Building, deploying, and testing an application
• Importing existing external resources into Terraform

Terraform Performance Tuning

• Infrastructure monitoring and performance metrics

Troubleshooting

Summary and Conclusion