Terraform Variables


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



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