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Basics of Terraform and Core Workflow
In the previous chapter, you saw various use cases and scenarios for adopting Terraform into infrastructure-provisioning workflows to reap real benefits. It is now time to cover the basic building blocks that make Terraform an efficient tool to use, whether you have ample experience in IT or you are just starting in your career.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- How does Terraform work?
- Getting started with Terraform
- Terraform settings
- Terraform providers
- Dependency lock file
- Resources and data sources
- Variables and outputs
- Core workflow
Technical Requirements
In this chapter, you will deep dive into Terraform concepts and try out multiple programs or scripts that need the right setup. Please ...
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