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9min
Install Terraform
Install Terraform on Mac, Linux, or Windows by downloading the binary or using a package manager (Homebrew or Chocolatey). Then create a Docker container locally by following a quick-start tutorial to check that Terraform installed correctly.
11min
Lock and Upgrade Provider Versions
Manage your provider versions using the dependency lock file. Use version constraints to filter provider versions compatible with your configuration. Update your lock file to use a new provider version.
11min
Build Infrastructure
Authenticate to AWS and create an EC2 instance under the AWS free tier. Write and validate Terraform configuration, initialize a configuration directory, and plan and apply a configuration to create infrastructure.
2min
Destroy Infrastructure
Destroy the AWS EC2 instance you created in the previous tutorials. Evaluate the plan and confirm the destruction.
8min
Store Remote State
Configure Terraform to store state in Terraform Cloud. Add a remote state block directly to configuration or set an environment variable to load remote state configuration when Terraform initializes.
3min
Log in to Terraform Cloud from the CLI
Log into Terraform Cloud or Enterprise with the Terraform CLI to migrate state, trigger remote runs, and interact with Terraform Cloud.
9min
Migrate State to Terraform Cloud
Migrate a state file to Terraform Cloud for secure storage and easy collaboration.
15min
Customize Terraform Configuration with Variables
Customize infrastructure for a web application with Terraform. In this tutorial, you will use Terraform input variables, including lists, maps, strings, and booleans, to make the configuration for your infrastructure more flexible.
7min
Output Data from Terraform
Output data about infrastructure with Terraform outputs. Provision a web application with Terraform, and use output values to export data about your application's infrastructure. Hide sensitive output values.
14min
Query Data Sources
Use a data source to configure an EC2 instance with an appropriate AMI for the current region. Use a remote state data source to share data between Terraform projects and to support multiple availability zones.
10min
Create Resource Dependencies
Create an implicit dependency between an EC2 instance and its Elastic IP using variable interpolation. Create explicit dependencies on an S3 Bucket and SQS Queue with depends_on. Learn how Terraform creates independent resources in parallel.
12min
Perform Dynamic Operations with Functions
Use templatefile and lookup functions to generate dynamic user data for an EC2 instance and find a region-specific AMI.
19min
Manage Resources in Terraform State
Create an EC2 instance and security group, and move a resource to another state file. Remove, replace, and re-import resources to manage state and reconcile drift in your infrastructure.
25min
Import Terraform Configuration
Import existing infrastructure into Terraform. In this tutorial, you will use Terraform import to manage an existing Docker container and learn important considerations to keep in mind when importing infrastructure into Terraform.
12min
Manage Resource Drift
Create an AWS instance and security group. Manually change the instance to create drift in your Terraform state file. Reconcile your state drift and import your resources while avoiding downtime.
9min
Use Refresh-Only Mode to Sync Terraform State
Use refresh-only plans and applies to update Terraform state to match real-world infrastructure. Understand the implicit refresh behavior in Terraform plan and apply operations.
15min
Troubleshoot Terraform
Interpret and fix a Terraform configuration with common configuration language errors and deploy an EC2 instance with security groups in AWS. Learn best practices for logging application errors and reporting bugs.
7min
Modules Overview
Read about how Terraform modules make configuration easier to organize, understand, reuse, and share. Learn about the directory structure of a module, and how to call them.
12min
Use Registry Modules in Configuration
Use modules from the public Terraform Registry to define an Amazon VPC containing two EC2 instances. Select module and root input and output variables, install the modules, and apply the configuration.
18min
Host a Static Website with S3 and Cloudflare
Set up an S3-hosted static website with Cloudflare for DNS, SSL and CDN. Redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS, and redirect certain paths with Cloudflare page rules. Alternatively, use ACM for SSL certificate management and Cloudfront for CDN.
5min
Provision Infrastructure with Cloud-Init
Deploy preconfigured infrastructure with Terraform using the Cloud-Init tool.
5min
Provision Infrastructure with Packer
Create an image with Packer, containing SSH keys, a new user, and a demo webapp, and deploy it with Terraform.
4min
Install the Sentinel CLI
Install the Sentinel CLI, a binary that allows you to run Sentinel policies locally. Then test the install by running a policy in the Sentinel CLI against Terraform Cloud data.
11min
Inject Secrets into Terraform Using the Vault Provider
Configure the AWS Secrets Engine to manage IAM credentials in Vault through Terraform. Then use the short-lived, Vault-generated, dynamic secrets to provision EC2 instances.