Terraform in Action

Terraform in Action shows you how to automate and scale infrastructure programmatically The use of the Terraform toolkit.

Summary

In Terraform in Action you’re going to learn:

Cloud architecture with Terraform
Terraform module sharing and the private module registry
Terraform security in a multitenant environment
Strategies for performing blue/green deployments
Refactoring for code maintenance and reusability
Running Terraform at scale
Creating your own Terraform provider
The use of Terraform as a continuous development/continuous delivery platform

Terraform in Action introduces the infrastructure-as-code (IaC) model that allows you to instantaneously create new components and respond efficiently to changes in demand. You’ll use the Terraform automation tool to design and manage servers that may be provisioned, shared, changed, tested, and deployed with a single command.

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About the technology

Provision, deploy, scale, and clone all your stack to the cloud at the touch of a button. In Terraform, you create a collection of simple declarative scripts that define and manage application infrastructure. This powerful infrastructure-as-code approach automates key tasks like versioning and testing for everything from low-level networking to cloud products and services.

About the book

Terraform in Action shows you how to automate and scale infrastructure programmatically The use of the Terraform toolkit. The use of practical, relevant examples, you’ll use Terraform to provision a Kubernetes cluster, deploy a multiplayer game, and configure other hands-on projects. As you progress to advanced techniques like zero-downtime deployments, you’ll discover how to think in Terraform moderately than just copying and pasting scripts.

What’s inside

Cloud architecture with Terraform
Terraform module sharing and the private module registry
Terraform security in a multitenant environment
Strategies for performing blue/green deployments

About the reader

For readers experienced with a major cloud platform such as AWS. Examples in JavaScript and Golang.

About the author

Scott Winkler is a DevOps engineer and a distinguished Terraform expert. He has spoken more than one times at HashiTalks and HashiConf, and was once selected as a HashiCorp Ambassador and Core Contributor in 2020.

Table of Contents

PART 1 TERRAFORM BOOTCAMP
1 Getting began with Terraform
2 Life cycle of a Terraform resource
3 Functional programming
4 Deploying a multi-tiered web application in AWS
PART 2 TERRAFORM IN THE WILD
5 Serverless made easy
6 Terraform with friends
7 CI/CD pipelines as code
8 A multi-cloud MMORPG
PART 3 MASTERING TERRAFORM
9 Zero-downtime deployments
10 Testing and refactoring
11 Extending Terraform by writing a custom provider
12 Automating Terraform
13 Security and secrets management