Introduction to infrastructure as code using Terraform

Beginner
DevOps Engineer
Developer
Administrator
Azure Resource Manager

Infrastructure as code can help you quickly and confidently scale your cloud deployments. By using Terraform, you can automate and simplify the provisioning of infrastructure resources.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Describe the benefits of infrastructure as code
  • Describe the difference between declarative and imperative infrastructure as code
  • Explain what Terraform is, and how it fits into an infrastructure-as-code approach

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with:

  • Basic cloud computing concepts and terminology.
  • Different types of cloud resources.