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Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform for AWS Fundamentals

This Terraform for AWS training teaches attendees Terraform basics and covers IaC, Terraform workflows, AWS Terraform providers, provisioning and managing various AWS resources, HCL programming, best...

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$2,495USD
Duration 3 days
Course Code WA3383
Available Formats Classroom, Virtual
Next Class: Sep 30, 2026

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Overview

Course Description

This Terraform for AWS training teaches attendees Terraform basics and covers IaC, Terraform workflows, AWS Terraform providers, provisioning and managing various AWS resources, HCL programming, best practices, troubleshooting, and integrating Terraform into their organizations with automation and GitOps. Looking to become Terraform certified? This custom-built IaC with Terraform course teaches all the topics covered in the Terraform Associate certification exam.

  • Proven Success: Our students usually pass the exam on their first attempt without extra preparation after completing this course.
  • Optional Certification Review: If desired, a certification review session can be added to this training to reinforce key concepts.
  • Real-World Applications: While this course prepares learners for the exam, the course also teaches practical Terraform skills that are directly applicable to enterprise environments.
  • Please note: This course was developed by Ascendient Learning and is not an official HashiCorp course.

Skills Gained

  • Terraform Basics: Terraform Basics is the cornerstone that introduces students to the concept of IaC and the fundamentals of Terraform. It demystifies the Terraform workflow, guides learners on using the Terraform CLI, and teaches practical skills for AWS infrastructure provisioning.
  • Building Infrastructure: Building Infrastructure takes students deeper into Terraform architecture, examining providers, modules, state, and versioning before taking a closer look at the Hashicorp AWS provider. It highlights the steps for provisioning and maintaining diverse AWS resources via Terraform.
  • Skills Deep Dive: Skills Deep Dive is designed to refine students' HCL (Hashicorp Configuration Language) programming skills, covering resources, data sources, and modules in depth, while also spotlighting Terraform state management and incorporating HCL programming best practices.
  • Best Practices and Troubleshooting: Best Practices and Troubleshooting arms students with crucial knowledge for debugging and troubleshooting Terraform projects and using industry-standard best practices.
  • Advanced Concepts: Advanced Concepts introduces Terraform in an organizational context and discusses the integration with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and integration with other AWS and Hashicorp tools.

Who Can Benefit

The ideal audience for this course is someone who works with cloud infrastructure, has a basic working knowledge of Linux and Windows-based systems including Bash or PowerShell, and has a basic understanding of AWS.

Prerequisites

  • Working experience with AWS Console and common resource types, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM
  • Familiarity and some working experience with AWS CLI
  • Working experience with command line (PowerShell or Bash)
  • Understanding of file system operations and navigation
  • Familiarity with VS Code or similar code editor
  • Optional: Experience with Git version control
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Course Details

Course Details

Infrastructure as Code Overview

  • IaC: Holistic Overview
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Emergence of IaC
  • Emergence of IaC
  • Emergence of IaC
  • Why IaC
  • IaC Tools Landscape
  • Language Type
  • Configuration Delivery
  • Configuration Style
  • Platform-Specific vs. Multi-Platform
  • Mutable vs. Immutable Infrastructure
  • Scripting vs Declarative IaC
  • Scripting
  • Declarative IaC
  • Idempotency
  • Impact of Idempotency
  • Non-Idempotent: Scripting
  • Idempotent: Terraform
  • State management
  • Destroying Resources
  • Destroying Resource: AWS CLI
  • Destroying Resources: Terraform

Terraform Basics - Getting Started

  • Terraform Offerings
  • Terraform CLI
  • Terraform Paid Offerings
  • Terraform CLI
  • CLI: Basic Usage
  • Terraform CLI Version
  • CLI Versioning Best Practice
  • Installing Terraform CLI
  • Primary Workflow Commands
  • Terraform Project Structure
  • Terraform Working Directory
  • Terraform Configuration Files
  • Terraform Workflow
  • Write Code
  • Initialize Project
  • Validate
  • Plan
  • Apply
  • Modify
  • Destroy
  • Terraform HCL Configuration Files
  • HCL Components - Introduction
  • Providers - Introduction
  • Resources - Introduction
  • Provisioning Infrastructure
  • Terraform vs Providers
  • Using Terraform Provider Documentation

Terraform and AWS - Getting Started

  • Creating AWS Resources
  • Terraform Workflow for AWS Resources
  • AWS Resource Categories
  • A Simple Example
  • A Simple Example Continued
  • State Files - Reality Check

Terraform Architecture

  • Cloud Agnostic Architecture
  • Terraform is Cloud Agnostic
  • Visual Overview
  • Terraform State
  • Local vs. Remote State
  • HCP Terraform and Terraform Enterprise
  • CLI vs Cloud/Enterprise
  • Terraform Registry
  • Providers
  • Hashicorp Utility Providers
  • Modules
  • Modules - Getting Started
  • Version Constraints
  • Semantic Versioning Basics
  • Version Constraint Operators
  • CLI Versioning
  • Provider Versioning

AWS Provider Fundamentals

  • Provider Landscape
  • AWS Provider Authentication
  • Authentication Categories
  • Direct Credentialing Authentication
  • Role Based Authentication
  • Creating AWS resources:
  • Compute: EC2 Instances
  • Compute: EC2 with AMI Lookup
  • Compute: EC2 with AMI Lookup
  • Compute: Paas Applications
  • Compute: Lambda Function
  • Compute: Lambda Function
  • Compute: Lambda Function
  • Compute: Lambda Function
  • Compute: Lambda Function
  • Compute: Lambda Function
  • Storage: S3 Buckets
  • Provider Evolution for S3 Buckets
  • Provider Evolution for S3 Buckets
  • Provider Evolution for S3 Buckets
  • EBS Volumes
  • Databases: RDS
  • Databases: RDS
  • Databases: DynamoDB
  • Databases: DynamoDB
  • Databases: DynamoDB
  • Databases: DynamoDB
  • Network: VPC and Subnets
  • Network: VPC and Subnets
  • Network: Internet Gateway and Route Tables
  • Network: Internet Gateway and Route Tables
  • Identity: IAM Users, Roles, Policies and attachments
  • Identity: IAM Users, Roles, Policies and attachments
  • Identity: IAM Users, Roles, Policies and attachments
  • Identity: IAM Users, Roles, Policies and attachments
  • Terraform vs CloudFormation and CDK
  • Impact of Terraform

HCL Programming Basics

  • Terraform Console
  • HCL Language Structure
  • Variables and Outputs
  • Input Variables
  • Assigning Values to Input Variables
  • Variable Source Priority List
  • Sensitive Values
  • Local Variables
  • Output Variables
  • Output Variables
  • HCL Expressions Basics
  • Value Data Types
  • Value References using Dot Notation
  • Value References using Dot Notation
  • Strings
  • Conditionals
  • For
  • Splat
  • Operators
  • Using Functions in Terraform
  • Numeric Functions
  • String Functions
  • Collection Functions
  • Date and Time Functions
  • Type Conversion Functions
  • Encoding
  • Filesystem
  • Cryptographic and Hashing
  • IP Network

Resources Deep Dive

  • Resource Blocks
  • Resource Syntax
  • Resource Types
  • Resource Arguments
  • Custom Condition Checks
  • Operation Timeouts
  • Resource Behavior during Terraform Workflow
  • Reapplying a Configuration
  • Accessing Resource Attributes
  • Resource Dependencies
  • Implicit Resource Dependencies
  • Explicit Resource Dependencies
  • Local-only Resources
  • Meta Arguments
  • depends_on
  • count
  • for_each
  • provider
  • lifecycle

Data Sources

  • Data Sources
  • Data Source Example
  • Data Source Lifecycle
  • AWS Data Sources
  • Extract AWS AMI IDs
  • Obtain VPC Details
  • Fetch Subnet IDs
  • Get Instance Type Offerings
  • Build IAM Policy Document

Modules Deep Dive

  • Why Modules?
  • Modules Architectural Overview
  • Consuming Modules
  • Module Sources
  • Writing Custom Modules
  • Writing Modules
  • Module Structure
  • Module Structure
  • Modules and Providers
  • Modules vs IaC Projects
  • Modules Best Practices

Terraform State Deep Dive

  • Terraform State Architecture
  • Terraform State Visualized
  • State Locking
  • Terraform Backends
  • Using AWS S3 backend
  • Importing Existing Resources
  • Using CLI Import
  • Using import Blocks
  • Storing State Files
  • Isolating and Organizing State Files
  • Manipulating State File
  • State Drift
  • Convention over Control
  • State File Security

Best Practices and Troubleshooting

  • Troubleshooting
  • Terraform Log Levels
  • Troubleshooting Terraform Scripts
  • Audit Trails for Troubleshooting
  • Terraform State Best Practices
  • State Drift Issues
  • State Conflict Issues
  • State Security
  • Storing State Files
  • Isolating and Organizing State Files
  • Manipulating State File
  • State Drift
  • Convention over Control
  • State File Security
  • Infrastructure as Code Principles
  • Mutable vs Immutable
  • Declarative Code
  • Version Control
  • Automation
  • Sample Jenkins Pipeline
  • Resource Management Strategies
  • Naming Conventions
  • Modularization
  • Resource Dependencies
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Parallel Resource Creation
  • Effective Use of Data Sources
  • Security Best Practices
  • Secrets Management
  • Principle of Least Privileges
  • Use of Service Roles
  • AWS Best Practices
  • IaC Code Management
  • Compatibility and Security
  • Testing and Documentation
  • Resource Management
  • Environment and Automation

Advanced Concepts

  • Terraform in Organizational Context
  • Lift and Shift Scenario
  • Lift and Shift Scenario
  • Centralized vs. Distributed Infrastructure Management
  • Centralized Infrastructure Management
  • Centralized Workflow
  • Distributed Infrastructure Management
  • Distributed Workflow
  • Hybrid Infrastructure Management
  • DevOps Approach with Terraform
  • Using Managed Terraform Services
  • Team Roles and Responsibilities
  • Governance and Best Practices
  • Terraform, CI/CD Pipelines, GitOps
  • Overview of CI/CD
  • Terraform in CI/CD Context
  • GitOps with Terraform
  • GitOps with Terraform
  • Automated Testing of Terraform Code
  • Infrastructure Deployment Automation
  • Best Practices and Tools
  • Integration with Other Tools
  • Last Mile Configuration
  • AWS Secrets Manager for Secrets Management
  • AWS CloudWatch for Resource Monitoring
  • Secrets Management with Vault
  • Service Discovery with Consul
  • Image Creation with Packer
  • Development Environments with Vagrant
  • Application Deployment with Nomad

Schedule

FAQ

Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?

Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.

What languages are used to deliver training?

Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.

What does GTR stand for?

GTR stands for Guaranteed to Run; if you see a course with this status, it means this event is confirmed to run. View our GTR page to see our full list of Guaranteed to Run courses.

Does Ascendient Learning deliver group training?

Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.

What does vendor-authorized training mean?

As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.

Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?

It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.

How up-to-date are your courses and support materials?

We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.

Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?

Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.

Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?

Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.

Will you customize the training for our company’s specific needs and goals?

We will work with you to identify training needs and areas of growth.  We offer a variety of training methods, such as private group training, on-site of your choice, and virtually. We provide courses and certifications that are aligned with your business goals.

How do I get started with certification?

Getting started on a certification pathway depends on your goals and the vendor you choose to get certified in. Many vendors offer entry-level IT certification to advanced IT certification that can boost your career. To get access to certification vouchers and discounts, please contact info@ascendientlearning.com.

Will I get access to content after I complete a course?

You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.

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