Getting Started with Terraform on Google Cloud
Let us start with a brief introduction to DevOps and the central role of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in this emerging software development practice. Then, we will discuss why Terraform has emerged as the de facto IaC tool and why knowing Terraform is essential for any aspiring cloud engineer and cloud architect. After that, you will learn how to use Terraform to provision resources in Google Cloud.
Thus, by the end of the chapter, you will better understand why you should use Terraform to provision cloud infrastructure. You’ll also have learned how to authenticate Terraform and provision your first Google Cloud resources using Terraform.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:
- The rise of DevOps
- Running Terraform in Google Cloud Shell
- Running Terraform in your local environment
- Parameterizing Terraform
- Comparing authentication methods
