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Terraform

Write your infrastructure as code and automate it — a 25-chapter, step-by-step tutorial covering everything from HCL syntax to state, modules, remote backends, count/for_each, security, and a full production project.

25 Lessons · 220 min · Learning Platform Editorial Team

What Is Terraform?

What you need on the desk

  • Terraform CLI (install from terraform.io)
  • A cloud provider account (AWS/Azure/GCP) — optional, since most hands-on lessons use only the local provider
  • A text editor/IDE (VS Code with the HashiCorp Terraform extension is recommended)

Know this much before you start

  • Basic comfort with the command line/terminal
  • A basic understanding of cloud concepts (servers, networks, databases)
  • Optional: having already gone through a Docker/Kubernetes tutorial will help

By the end, you can

  • Explain what Terraform is as an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool
  • Read HCL syntax and write resources/variables/outputs
  • Properly organize state, providers, and modules
  • Apply remote backends, count/for_each, and dynamic blocks in production
  • Safely handle sensitive data and debug drift/import issues
  • Deploy a multi-environment infrastructure project using a production-ready checklist
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