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Terraform has emerged as a key player in the DevOps world for defining, launching, and managing infrastructure as code (IAC) across a variety of cloud and virtualization platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. This hands-on book is the fastest way to get up and running with Terraform.

Gruntwork co-founder Yevgeniy (Jim) Brikman walks you through dozens of code examples that demonstrate how to use Terraform's simple, declarative programming language to deploy and manage infrastructure with just a few commands. Whether you're a novice developer, aspiring DevOps engineer, or veteran sysadmin, this book will take you from Terraform basics to running a full tech stack capable of supporting a massive amount of traffic and a large team of developers.

Compare Terraform to other IAC tools, such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and Salt Stack
Use Terraform to deploy server clusters, load balancers, and databases
Learn how Terraform manages the state of your infrastructure and how it impacts file layout, isolation, and locking
Create reusable infrastructure with Terraform modules
Try out advanced Terraform syntax to implement loops, if-statements, and zero-downtime deployment
Use Terraform as a team, including best practices for writing, testing, and versioning Terraform code



Chapter 1Why Terraform
The Rise of DevOps
What Is Infrastructure as Code?
Benefits of Infrastructure as Code
How Terraform Works
How Terraform Compares to Other Infrastructure as Code Tools
Conclusion
Chapter 2Getting Started with Terraform
Set Up Your AWS Account
Install Terraform
Deploy a Single Server
Deploy a Single Web Server
Deploy a Configurable Web Server
Deploy a Cluster of Web Servers
Deploy a Load Balancer
Cleanup
Conclusion
Chapter 3How to Manage Terraform State
What Is Terraform State?
Shared Storage for State Files
Locking State Files
Isolating State Files
File Layout
Read-Only State
Conclusion
Chapter 4How to Create Reusable Infrastructure with Terraform Modules
Module Basics
Module Inputs
Module Outputs
Module Gotchas
Module Versioning
Conclusion
Chapter 5Terraform Tips and Tricks: Loops, If-Statements, Deployment, and Gotchas
Loops
If-Statements
If-Else-Statements
Zero-Downtime Deployment
Terraform Gotchas
Conclusion
Chapter 6How to Use Terraform as a Team
Version Control
Automated Tests
Coding Guidelines
Workflow
Conclusion
Appendix Recommended Reading
Books
Blogs
Talks
Newsletters
Online Forums