Terraform Variables

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Discover Terraform variables and their applications! Variables are a great way to define centrally controlled reusable values. This course explores variable configuration and parameters, as well as input and output. Among the topics explored in this course, you will learn about how to tie characters together through string variables and how to get decisive with Booleans. Then learn what input variables are and how to use them in Terraform. Next, see how to assign variables, define lists, use and assign maps, and define output variables that you can then use. As a review exercise, you will configure a variable, define a list and a map, create a map, view an output variable, and finally, assign an input variable.

Target Audience
IT Professionals who are in an Ops or DevOps position and want to learn about automation with Terraform

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.9

Lesson Objectives

Terraform Variables

start the course

configure variables in Terraform

identify the parameters that can be set

use string and boolean variables in Terraform

define input variables within your Terraform configuration

use variables to replace provider configuration

assign variables in Terraform

define lists in Terraform

use maps in Terraform

assign maps in Terraform

define output variables within your Terraform configuration

run Terraform output to view output variables

use variables in Terraform

Course Number:
sd_terr_a05_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner