Terraform · Up and Running · Writing Infrastructure as Code

With this practical book, you ll learn how to get you up and running with Terraform, an open source tool that allows you to define infrastructure for a variety of cloud providers including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and others using a simple, declarative programming language. Author Yevgeniy (Jim) Brikman introduces you to Terraform syntax, and shows you how to deploy and manage infrastructure with just a few CLI commands.

You ll also learn:

Why every company needs to use infrastructure-as-code

Why Terraform is preferable to Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, and CloudFormation

How you can manage Terraform state

How to create reusable infrastructure with Terraform modules

Terraform tips tricks: loops, if-statements, and pitfalls

How to use Terraform as a team