Terraform Tutorial for Beginners + Labs: Complete Step by Step Guide!

In this course on Terraform tutorial, Vijin will walk you through the fundamentals of Terraform and help you not only understand the basics but also practice and gain hands-on experience.

Following pointers will be covered in this Terraform Tutorial for Beginners:

00:00 Start
00:58 Course Introduction
02:33 Accessing the labs
03:04 Traditional IT and Challenges
08:53 What is Infrastructure as Code?
14:48 What is Terraform?
22:47 What is HCL - Hashicorp Configuration Language?
33:00 Lab 1 - HCL Basics
33:10 Tour of free Terraform Labs at KodeKloud
38:00 Update and Destroy Infrastructure in Terraform
40:20 Lab 2 - Update and Destroy Infrastructure in Terraform
40:28 Using Using Terraform Providers in Terraform
46:10 Lab 3 - Update and Destroy Infrastructure in Terraform
46:13 Multiple Providers in Terraform
49:55 Lab 4 - Multiple Providers in Terraform
50:04 Input Variables in Terraform
1:01:17 Lab 5 - Input Variables in Terraform
1:01:25 Using Variables in Terraform
1:06:15 Lab 6 - Using Variables in Terraform
1:06:22 Resource Attribute Reference in Terraform
1:09:50 Lab 7 - Resource Attribute Reference in Terraform
1:10:01 Resource Dependencies in Terraform
1:12:08 Lab 8 - Resource Dependencies in Terraform
1:12:12 Output Variables in Terraform
1:14:20 Lab 9 - Output Variables in Terraform
1:14:28 Purpose of State in Terraform
1:20:28 Lab 10 - Purpose of State in Terraform
1:20:35 Terraform State Considerations
1:23:14 Terraform Commands
1:28:34 Lab 11 - Terraform Commands
1:28:42 Mutable vs Immutable Infrastructure
1:34:38 Lifecycle Rules in Terraform
1:40:15 Lab 12 - Lifecycle Rules in Terraform
1:40:26 Data Sources in Terraform
1:44:44 Lab 13 - Data Sources in Terraform
1:44:50 Meta Arguments in Terraform
1:46:21 Use of for_each meta arguments in Terraform
1:49:25 Lab 14 - Use of for_each meta arguments in Terraform
1:49:33 Version Constraints in Terraform
1:54:42 DevOps Learning Path in KodeKloud

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Terraform is one of the most popular DevOps tools for Infrastructure as code.

And through the next hour or so we will take you from being zero to a hero through this comprehensive and hands-on course.

In this course, we simplify complex concepts using illustrations and animations and you will gain hands-on practice through our labs that you can access for free. Yes, our labs open up right in your browser so you don’t have to pay extra for cloud accounts or set up your own infrastructure.

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[soumilkhandelwal]

This is pure Gold! I knew nothing about Terraform, I feel like I have a good hold of it now. Thanks, guys, you rock!

[primekrish]

The content explanations are very logical and covers the background. It helps to not only know but understand the technology better. This is a wonderful course, thank you so much for sharing.

[vasudevreddy]

One of the great videos I have even seen about terraforming on youtube with a clear understanding of variables, inputs, outputs, state files etc. Please do a video on Terraform Modules too.

[nitinpatil]

Thanks Kodekloud for such a nice course. Really informative and give good understanding on Terraform.

[Myhome]

Such a well planned and executed session. Enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you <3

[jimjacobson]

This is the most easy to follow and straightforward Terraform tutorial I've seen. Well done, and thank you!

[penguino]

This is the best free course I found for terraform as a beginner learner... Hands on lab sessions are well planned along with this video ❤ Thanks a lot

[gopikrishnag]

Excellent course and very easy to understand for beginners with a lap. Thank you a lot :)

[sachinthyasandamith]

Thank you very much for this informative valuable course. I'm a DevOps Engineer who has already used terraform before. I came to refresh my memory for terraform associate certification and learnt some things I didn't even know before. Simple interesting delivery and very useful hands-on labs. Recommend this to anyone who wanna build a solid foundation in terraform.

[arung]

The best Terraform Learning Tutorial, I have ever seen. Instructor and the teaching mode is amazing !!

[athariqbal]

One of the best courses on Terraform with real-life examples. Great job KodeKloud Team

[utkanozturk]

One of the best tutorial about Terraform, please more tutorials for the other Hashicorp stack.

[nishitsahoo]

The best tutorial video i have ever gone through for any topic. Appreciate the effort put on to make such a nice video.

[bobyluvs]

Best tutorial I came across for Terraform...Content Delivery by instructor is clear and accurate...Tnx for sharing...
Seems the AWS usage section available in your website??

[nerdyspecs]

Thank you KodeKloud to share such a nice course on youtube and allowing learners like us to brush up concepts on the go. Language is very simple used by presenter and slides are self explanatory.

[MisterKaiHo]

So clearly explained. The best IT tutorial I found on YouTube!

[cloudwithraj]

Thanks for sharing this, very helpful in cloud devops journey!

[harshpamnani]

Absolutely amazing tutorial for terraform Beginners. Loved it.
Thanks for creating it.

[michelleholmes]

This course was awesome! I feel much more confident navigating and understanding what is going on with the terraform in our repo. Thank you!

[shaileshrudra]

The amazing session, cleared many terraform concepts😃