Название: Terraform for Developers: Essentials of Infrastructure Automation and ProvisioningАвтор: Kimiko Lee
Издательство: GitforGits
Год: 2023
Страниц: 370
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, azw3, epub, mobi
Размер: 10.1 MB
"Terraform for Developers" provides a comprehensive guide to mastering infrastructure as code with Terraform, intended for both beginners and experienced practitioners. The book starts by introducing foundational Terraform concepts like its architecture, setup on various cloud platforms, and the syntax of its configuration language HCL. This grounds the reader in core skills needed to author infrastructure code.
It then explores the full lifecycle of a Terraform project from state management, provisioning, networking, troubleshooting errors, and testing practices. Each phase is explained through practical examples relevant to real-world usage. Advanced skills like performance optimization, CI/CD integration, and modules are covered to take the reader from basic to expert.
The book finishes with sophisticated use cases like Kubernetes infrastructure automation and secrets management with HashiCorp Vault with elementary level demonstrations. The end result is a 360-degree education in Terraform - from installation to advanced usage across public clouds. Readers gain both theoretical foundations and hands-on skills transferred through practical examples. The book takes a holistic approach that equips practitioners to leverage Terraform in production environments.
In this book you will learn how to:
Comprehensive introduction to Terraform's architecture, syntax, and semantics.
Practical examples to understand Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concept.
Detailed guidance on setting up Terraform in diverse environments.
Exploring Terraform's lifecycle, from initialization to resource destruction.
Insightful exploration of error management and troubleshooting techniques.
In-depth discussion on network management using Terraform for real-world scenarios.
Advanced topics coverage like Kubernetes resources and dynamic secrets.
Detailed explanation of Terraform's integration with CI/CD pipelines.
Extensive study of Terraform testing, including unit, integration, and compliance tests.
Knowledge on module creation and version control for efficient code reuse.
The latter part of the book explores the process of testing in Terraform, presenting how to implement unit, integration, validation, and compliance testing. Alongside, we discuss the power of Terraform in a CI/CD environment, a crucial factor in the DevOps world today. The book concludes with advanced topics like managing Kubernetes resources, generating dynamic secrets with HashiCorp Vault, and provisioning Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.
In each chapter, practical examples and detailed explanations accompany theoretical concepts, transforming complex Terraform topics into digestible knowledge chunks. We will get the hands dirty, writing Terraform configurations, managing resources, testing the infrastructure, and more.
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