HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate (004) (Video Course)

Description

22+ Hours of Video Instruction

Learn how to use Infrastructure as Code Using Terraform

Transform from Terraform beginner to certified professional with this comprehensive, hands-on training course designed for technical professionals ready to upskill in cloud automation. Whether you're a system administrator, developer, or IT professional looking to break into DevOps, this course takes you from installing your first Terraform configuration to deploying complex multi-cloud infrastructure with confidence. You'll gain practical experience building real infrastructure across AWS while mastering essential concepts like variables, modules, state management, and remote backends through 22+ hours of step-by-step lessons. Every lesson includes quizzes to reinforce learning, and the course culminates in a comprehensive final lab that shows a real-world scenario by integrating Terraform with Ansible and cloud-init.

Specifically structured to prepare you for the HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate (004) exam, you'll receive dedicated exam preparation lessons, practice tests, and proven test-taking strategies to ensure certification success. By course completion, you'll possess both the practical skills employers demand and the tools to pass the industry-recognized credential that proves your expertise in infrastructure automation.

Related Learning:

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Topics include:

• Terraform Fundamentals
• Configuration with Terraform
• Terraform Cloud
• Terraform Configuration Language
• Terraform Logging and Troubleshooting
• Exam Preparation and Final Quiz

Skill Level:

• Beginner to Intermediate

Learn How To:

• Set up Infrastructure as Code Using Terraform
• Understand Terraform Fundamentals including Terraform installation, variables, and modules.
• Configure AWS resources using Terraform
• Log and troubleshoot Terraform
• Work with the HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud)
• Go beyond with Vault, Consul, Stacks, and AI integration with Terraform

Course requirement: 

• Recommended: A virtual machine running Linux
• An IDE (such as Visual Studio Code)
• Knowledge of the terminal
• Access to GitHub
• Recommended: An AWS account with a separate IAM user that has administrative permissions.

Who Should Take This Course:

• Anyone interested in studying for and passing the Certified Terraform Associate exam.
• Cloud engineers, software developers, DevOps, SysAdmins, or anyone else interested in learning key Terraform skills.

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Video Lessons are available for download for offline viewing within the streaming format. Look for the green arrow in each lesson.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Module 1:        Setup & Terraform Fundamentals

Lesson 1:        Pre-Test & System Setup

Lesson 2:        Terraform Fundamentals

Module 2:        AWS Cloud Configurations

Lesson 3:        First Terraform Configuration with AWS

Lesson 4:        AWS Configuration with Security Groups

Lesson 5:        AWS Configuration with SSH and Outputs

Lesson 6:        Terraform with Cloud-Init and Viewing Resources

Module 3:        Terraform Core Functionality

Lesson 7:        Terraform Variables   

Lesson 8:        Terraform Modules

Lesson 9:        Terraform Logging and Troubleshooting

Lesson 10:      Working with More Providers

Module 4:        Terraform Cloud

Lesson 11:      Terraform Cloud Fundamentals

Lesson 12:      Terraform Cloud Lab

Lesson 13:      Additional Terraform Cloud

Module 5:        Advanced Terraform

Lesson 14:      Terraform Configuration Language

Lesson 15:      Terraform Blocks and Processes

Lesson 16:      Terraform... and Beyond!

Lesson 17:      Final Terraform Lab

Lesson 18:      Exam Preparation and Final Quiz

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