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Terraform Cookbook

Name: Terraform Cookbook
Author: Mikael Krief
ISBN: 9781800207554

by Mikael Krief

October 2020

Intermediate to advanced

366 pages

6h 43m

English

Packt Publishing

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Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Terraform Cookbook
Foreword
Dedication
About Packt
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Contributors
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Preface
Who this book is forWhat this book coversTo get the most out of this bookDownload the example code filesCode in ActionDownload the color imagesConventions usedGet in touchReviews
Setting Up the Terraform Environment
Technical requirementsDownloading and installing Terraform manuallyGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Installing Terraform using a script on LinuxGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoInstalling Terraform using a script on WindowsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoExecuting Terraform in a Docker containerGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoWriting Terraform configuration in VS CodeGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoMigrating your Terraform configuration to Terraform 0.13Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Writing Terraform Configuration
Technical requirementsConfiguring Terraform and the provider version to useGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoManipulating variablesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing local variables for custom functionsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoUsing outputs to expose Terraform provisioned dataGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoProvisioning infrastructure in multiple environmentsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoObtaining external data with data sourcesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing external resources from other state filesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoQuerying external data with TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoCalling Terraform built-in functionsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoWriting conditional expressionsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoManipulating local files with TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoExecuting local programs with Terraform Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoGenerating passwords with TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See also
Building Dynamic Environments with Terraform
Technical requirementsProvisioning multiple resources with the count propertyGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing a table of key-value variables with mapsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoLooping over object collectionsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoGenerating multiple blocks with dynamic expressionsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also

Using the Terraform CLI
Technical requirementsKeeping your Terraform configuration cleanGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoValidating the code syntaxGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoDestroying infrastructure resourcesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing workspaces for managing environmentsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoImporting existing resourcesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoExporting the output in JSONGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoTainting resourcesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoGenerating the graph dependenciesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoDebugging the Terraform executionGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Sharing Terraform Configuration with Modules
Technical requirementsCreating a Terraform module and using it locallyGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing modules from the public registryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoSharing a Terraform module using GitHubGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing another file inside a custom moduleGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing the Terraform module generatorGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoGenerating module documentationGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing a private Git repository for sharing a Terraform moduleGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoApplying a Terrafile pattern for using modulesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoTesting Terraform module code with TerratestGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoBuilding CI/CD for Terraform modules in Azure PipelinesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoBuilding a workflow for Terraform modules using GitHub ActionsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Provisioning Azure Infrastructure with Terraform
Technical requirementsUsing Terraform in Azure Cloud ShellGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoProtecting the Azure credential providerGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more...See alsoProtecting the state file in the Azure remote backendGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoExecuting ARM templates in TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoExecuting Azure CLI commands in TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing Azure Key Vault with Terraform to protect secretsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoGetting a list of Azure resources in TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoProvisioning and configuring an Azure VM with TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoBuilding Azure serverless infrastructure with TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoGenerating a Terraform configuration for existing Azure infrastructureGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Deep Diving into Terraform
Technical requirementsCreating an Ansible inventory with TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…See alsoTesting the Terraform configuration using kitchen-terraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…See alsoPreventing resources from getting destroyedGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…See alsoZero-downtime deployment with TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…See alsoDetecting resources deleted by the plan commandGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…See alsoManaging Terraform configuration dependencies using TerragruntGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…See alsoUsing Terragrunt as a wrapper for TerraformGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoBuilding CI/CD pipelines for Terraform configurations in Azure PipelinesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoWorking with workspaces in CI/CDGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
Using Terraform Cloud to Improve Collaboration
Technical requirementsUsing the remote backend in Terraform CloudGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing Terraform Cloud as a private module registryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoExecuting Terraform configuration remotely in Terraform CloudGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoAutomating Terraform Cloud using APIsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoTesting the compliance of Terraform configurations using SentinelGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing cost estimation for cloud cost resources governanceGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See also
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Writing Terraform Configuration

When you start writing Terraform configuration, you will notice very quickly that the language provided by Terraform is very rich and allows for a lot of manipulation.

In the recipes in this chapter, you will learn how to use the Terraform language effectively in order to apply it to real-life business scenarios. We will discuss how to specify the versions of the provider to be used, as well as how to make the code more dynamic with variables and outputs. Then, we will use these concepts to provision several environments with Terraform. After that, we will consider the use of functions and conditions.

We will also learn how to retrieve data from external systems with data blocks, other Terraform state files, ...

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Terraform Cookbook

by Mikael Krief

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