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Topic 3: Infrastructure as Code

We will spend a lot more time on Infrastructure as Code and other DevOps practices later as all of our labs use them. For now I need you to familiarize yourself with a few Terraform (an infrastructure as code tool) concepts:

  • Study: What is IaC

  • Study: What is Infrastructure as Code with Terraform?

  • Study: Terraform init

  • Study: Terraform apply

  • Action: Use an AI assistant to test your understanding of the concepts. You can use this prompt as a template:

    I'm studying cloud engineering and recently learned about Infrastructure as Code. I will provide you an explanation about it and please ask me any questions if my explanation is not clear. I want to make sure I really understand this concept so please do not correct me, simple ask questions until I get the explanation right. Here is my explanation: IaC is

Finally we need to make sure Terraform is installed

  • Action: Install Terraform. For Windows users make sure you're installing it inside Ubuntu via WSL.

Terraform concepts you should know​

  • What is Infrastructure as Code?
  • What is Terraform?
  • Why use Terraform?
  • Terraform should be installed on your computer
  • What does terraform init do?
  • What does terraform apply do?

Great, when you're ready, move on to SSH