Terraform Associate Certification Prep Webinar

with Dave Prowse (https://prowse.tech) Rev B - 8/28/2023

Introduction

Hello and Welcome!

This repository and corresponding live event are designed to teach the basics of Terraform and prepare you to take the Terraform Associate Certification exam.

Within this repository you find lab instructions that coincide with the live-stream webinar.

Note: I run my webinars on the O'Reilly Platform. Check this link for the latest: https://learning.oreilly.com/search/?q=Prowse&type=live-event-series

Repository link: https://github.com/daveprowse/tac-live

Recommendations

To follow along with me I suggest you have the following ready:

A Linux virtual machine (Recommended: Debian, Ubuntu Desktop, or Fedora workstation)

Minimum 1 CPU and 1 GB RAM (Recommended: 2 CPUs and 4 GB RAM)

Update the system:

Debian/Ubuntu: apt update && apt upgrade -y

Fedora: dnf update -y

Note: I suggest using VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, KVM or Proxmox for your virtual machines.
Visual Studio Code installed.
An AWS account with a separate IAM user (with admin permissions) for lab purposes

Note: !!! Creating infrastructure on AWS or other cloud providers can incur a cost. Do not apply infrastructure if you do not want to be charged. Amazon allows 750 hours of virtual machine usage (per month) on qualifying free tiers at AWS. Make sure that your region and AMI are part of the free tier program. For a pre-cost analysis see this link: https://calculator.aws

Two or more monitors (or a second system) to display additional resources

Contact information

I hope you enjoy the webinar. If you have any questions you can contact me at:

Discord server: https://discord.gg/mggw8VGzUp
My website: https://prowse.tech

Resources

Visual Studio Code:

https://code.visualstudio.com/download
VirtualBox:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Amazon Web Services (AWS) account setup

https://aws.amazon.com/account/
AWS IAM Setup

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html
Hashicorp Terraform Associate certification webpage with objectives:

https://www.hashicorp.com/certification/terraform-associate
Terraform Docs:

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/docs
Terraform Registry:

https://registry.terraform.io/
Terraform Language Documentation:

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language

Further Study

Terraform Study Guide:

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification/associate-study
Terraform Review Guide:

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification/associate-review

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