Terraform: Up & Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code,2nd Edition

Terraform: Up & Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code
Authors: Yevgeniy Brikman
ISBN-10: 1492046906
ISBN-13: 9781492046905
Edition: 2
Released: 2019-10-08
Paperback: 368 pages
Book Description
Terraform has become 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,Azure,and more. This hands-on second edition,expanded and thoroughly updated for Terraform version 0.12 and beyond,shows you the fastest way to get up and running.
Gruntwork cofounder Yevgeniy (Jim) Brikman walks you through code examples that demonstrate Terraform’s simple,declarative programming language for deploying and managing infrastructure with a few commands. Veteran sysadmins,DevOps engineers,and novice developers will quickly go from Terraform basics to running a full stack that can support a massive amount of traffic and a large team of developers.
Explore changes from Terraform 0.9 through 0.12,including backends,workspaces,and first-class expressions
Learn how to write production-grade Terraform modules
Dive into manual and automated testing for Terraform code
Compare Terraform to Chef,Puppet,Ansible,CloudFormation,and Salt Stack
Deploy server clusters,load balancers,and databases
Use Terraform to manage the state of your infrastructure
Create reusable infrastructure with Terraform modules
Use advanced Terraform syntax to achieve zero-downtime deployment
1. Why Terraform
2. Getting Started with Terraform
3. How to Manage Terraform State
4. How to Create Reusable Infrastructure with Terraform Modules
5. Terraform Tips and Tricks: Loops,If-Statements,Deployment,and Gotchas
6. Production-Grade Terraform Code
7. How to Test Terraform Code
8. How to Use Terraform as a Team
A. Recommended Reading
Index