Section outline

• Select section Day 1: Introduction to IaC & Terraform (7 Hours)

  Day 1: Introduction to IaC & Terraform (7 Hours)

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  Module 1: Introduction to IaC (2 hours)

  • What is Infrastructure as Code?
  • Benefits and key concepts: Idempotency, Version Control.
  • Tools overview: Terraform, Ansible, and more.

  Module 2: Getting Started with Terraform (3 hours)

  • Terraform architecture and components.
  • Providers and resources.
  • Writing basic Terraform configurations.

  Hands-on: Provisioning an EC2 instance on AWS using Terraform.

  Module 3: Terraform Variables and Outputs (2 hours)

  • Using input variables for flexible configurations.
  • Outputting key data from Terraform configurations.

  Hands-on: Parameterizing infrastructure with variables.
• Select section Day 2: Advanced Terraform & Ansible Basics (7 Hours)

  Day 2: Advanced Terraform & Ansible Basics (7 Hours)

  Module 4: Terraform State Management & Modules (3 hours)

  • Terraform state management and remote backends.
  • Using Terraform modules for code reusability.

  Hands-on: Organizing Terraform code using modules and remote state.

  Module 5: Introduction to Ansible (3 hours)

  • Ansible architecture and components.
  • Writing basic playbooks for configuration management.

  Hands-on: Automating EC2 instance configuration using Ansible.

  Module 6: Ansible Playbooks & Roles (2 hours)

  • Writing structured playbooks using YAML.
  • Using roles for modular automation.

  Hands-on: Configuring a web server using Ansible roles.
• Select section Day 3: Terraform & Ansible Integration, Best Practices (7 Hours)

  Day 3: Terraform & Ansible Integration, Best Practices (7 Hours)

  Module 7: Terraform and Ansible Integration (3 hours)

  • Using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Integrating Ansible for post-deployment configuration.

  Hands-on: Provision and configure infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible.

  Module 8: Advanced Ansible Concepts (2 hours)

  • Ansible Vault for secrets management.
  • Dynamic inventories.

  Hands-on: Using Ansible Vault and working with dynamic inventories.

  Module 9: Infrastructure Automation Best Practices (2 hours)

  • Version Control for IaC (Git).
  • Implementing CI/CD pipelines for Terraform and Ansible.
  • Multi-environment deployments.

  Hands-on: Setting up a Terraform and Ansible CI/CD pipeline.