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• What this book covers
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1. Part 1: Foundations of Terraform

2. Chapter 1: Understanding Terraform Architecture FREE CHAPTER

• Understanding Terraform architecture
• Understanding Terraform state
• Understanding how to build and consume modules
• Understanding how to use the CLI effectively
• Summary

3. Chapter 2: Using HashiCorp Configuration Language

• Resources and data sources
• Locals and types
• Inputs and outputs
• Meta-arguments
• Loops and iterations
• Expressions
• Functions
• Summary

4. Chapter 3: Harnessing HashiCorp Utility Providers

• Working with reality
• Adaptation and integration
• Filesystem
• Operating system and networking
• Summary

5. Part 2: Concepts of Cloud Architecture and Automation

6. Chapter 4: Foundations of Cloud Architecture – Virtual Machines and Infrastructure-as-a-Services

• Understanding the key concepts of networking
• Understanding the key concepts of compute
• Understanding the role of virtual machine images
• Summary

7. Chapter 5: Beyond VMs – Core Concepts of Containers and Kubernetes

• Understanding key concepts of container architecture
• Leveraging Docker to build container images
• Working with container registries
• Understanding key concepts of container orchestration and Kubernetes
• Understanding Kubernetes manifests
• Using the Kubernetes provider to provision Kubernetes resources
• Leveraging the Helm provider to provision Kubernetes resources
• Summary

8. Chapter 6: Connecting It All Together – GitFlow, GitOps, and CI/CD

• Understanding key concepts of GitOps
• Leveraging GitHub for source control management
• Using GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines
• Summary

9. Part 3: Building Solutions on AWS

10. Chapter 7: Getting Started on AWS – Building Solutions with AWS EC2

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

11. Chapter 8: Containerize with AWS – Building Solutions with AWS EKS

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

12. Chapter 9: Go Serverless with AWS – Building Solutions with AWS Lambda

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

13. Part 4: Building Solutions on Azure

14. Chapter 10: Getting Started on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Virtual Machines

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

15. Chapter 11: Containerize on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Kubernetes Service

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

16. Chapter 12: Go Serverless on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Functions

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

17. Part 5: Building Solutions on Google Cloud

18. Chapter 13: Getting Started on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with GCE

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

19. Chapter 14: Containerize on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with GKE

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

20. Chapter 15: Go Serverless on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with Google Cloud Functions

• Laying the foundation
• Designing the solution
• Building the solution
• Automating the deployment
• Summary

21. Part 6: Day 2 Operations and Beyond

22. Chapter 16: Already Provisioned? Strategies for Importing Existing Environments

• Importing individual resources
• Identifying resources to import
• Importing existing environments
• Best practices
• Summary

23. Chapter 17: Managing Production Environments with Terraform

• Operating models
• Applying changes
• Breakfixing
• Summary

24. Chapter 18: Looking Ahead – Certification, Emerging Trends, and Next Steps

• Preparing for the exam
• Terraform Cloud
• What’s next?
• Summary
• Closing statement

25. Index

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