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Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Study Guide - AWS edition

Name: Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Study Guide - AWS edition
Author: Mattias Fjellström
ISBN: 9781807784751

by Mattias Fjellström

May 2026

Beginner to intermediate

252 pages

4h 36m

English

Packt Publishing

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Part I: About This Book
Chapter 1: Preface 1.1: Acknowledgements Chapter 2: Introduction 2.1: Terraform Associate Certification 2.2: Terraform Professional Certification 2.3: About the Terraform Binary Version 2.4: Prerequisites For This Book 2.5: Resources and References 2.6: The Lab Environment 2.7: Target Audience 2.8: Visual Elements of This Book 2.9: Looking Ahead Part II: Getting Started Chapter 3: Terraform 101 3.1: A Journey With Terraform 3.2: Summary Chapter 4: Basics of the HashiCorp Configuration Language 4.1: Arguments, Values and Expressions 4.2: Blocks 4.3: Functions 4.4: Terraform Specific Blocks Part III: Exam Objectives Chapter 5: Manage Resource Lifecycle 5.1: Initialize a Configuration Using terraform init and its Options 5.2: Generate an Execution Plan Using terraform plan and its Options 5.3: Apply Configuration Changes Using terraform apply and its Options 5.4: Destroy Resources Using terraform destroy and its Options 5.5: Manage Resource State, Including Importing Resources and Reconciling Resource Drift 5.6: Summary Chapter 6: Develop and Troubleshoot Dynamic Configuration 6.1: Use Language Features to Validate Configuration 6.2: Query Providers Using Data Sources 6.3: Compute and Interpolate Data Using HCL Functions 6.4: Use Meta-Arguments in Configuration 6.5: Configure Input Variables and Outputs, Including Complex Types 6.6: Analyze Best Practices For Managing Sensitive Data, Such as Using Vault for Secrets Management 6.7: Summary Chapter 7: Develop Collaborative Terraform Workflows 7.1: Manage the Terraform Binary, Providers, and Modules Using Version Constraints 7.2: Configure Remote State 7.3: Use the Terraform Workflow in Automation 7.4: Share Data Across Configurations and Workspaces 7.5: Summary Chapter 8: Create, Maintain, and Use Terraform Modules 8.1: Create a Module 8.2: Use a Module In Configuration 8.3: Refactor a Module and Use Module Versioning 8.4: Refactor an Existing Configuration Into Modules 8.5: Summary Chapter 9: Configure and Use Terraform Providers 9.1: Understand Terraform’s Plugin-Based Architecture 9.2: Configure Providers, Including Aliasing, Versioning, Sourcing, and Managing Upgrades 9.3: Manage Provider Authentication 9.4: Troubleshoot Provider Errors 9.5: Summary Chapter 10: Collaborate on Infrastructure as Code Using HCP Terraform 10.1: Analyze the HCP Terraform Run Workflow 10.2: Understand HCP Terraform Workspaces and Their Configuration Options, Including Access Management 10.3: Manage Provider Credentials In HCP Terraform 10.4: Analyze Policy as Code and Governance Features 10.5: Summary Chapter 11: Final words

Content preview from Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Study Guide - AWS edition

Part I: About This Book

In this part you will learn about this book and about the Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional certification.

Chapter 1 - introduces the author and the book, and includes acknowledgements to people who helped make this a great book.
Chapter 2 - takes you through what is expected of you before you head into the exam, and what you can expect the exam to be like.

Chapter 1: Preface

This is the first book I have ever written.

However, I have been writing a lot in my own blog mattias.engineer for the past few years. The things I have been writing about have often involved Terraform. My writing has evolved a lot since I started my blog, and writing a book has been very rewarding for me. Writing this ...

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Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Study Guide - AWS edition

by Mattias Fjellström

Part I: About This Book

Chapter 1: Preface

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