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HashiCorp Infrastructure Automation Certification Guide

You're reading from HashiCorp Infrastructure Automation Certification Guide Pass the Terraform Associate exam and manage IaC to scale across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800565975

Length 350 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Ravi Mishra

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: The Basics

2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know IaC FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Terraform Installation Guide

4. Section 2: Core Concepts

5. Chapter 3: Getting Started with Terraform

6. Chapter 4: Deep Dive into Terraform

7. Chapter 5: Terraform CLI

8. Chapter 6: Terraform Workflows

9. Chapter 7: Terraform Modules

10. Section 3: Managing Infrastructure with Terraform

11. Chapter 8: Terraform Configuration Files

12. Chapter 9: Understanding Terraform Stacks

13. Chapter 10: Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise

14. Chapter 11: Terraform Glossary

15. Assessments

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 1

Correct answer: B

Explanation: As covered in the What is Terraform? section, Terraform is an orchestration tool used for infrastructure provisioning and its efficient maintenance.

Correct answers: A and B

Explanation: As covered in the Terraform architecture section, where we discussed what a Terraform plugin is, it contains both Terraform providers and provisioners.

Correct answer: B

Explanation: As covered in the A comparison with other IaC section, we saw how Terraform differs from other IaC, such as an ARM template and CloudFormation, and we learned that Terraform configuration files are written in HCL.

Correct answer: D

Explanation: Given that we already know that Azure, AWS, and GCP are providers, by following this logic, SAP is the only remaining option that is not a Terraform provider. In the future, you may well expect Terraform to have SAP providers as well, but this isn't the case at present.

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Authors (1)

Ravi Mishra

Ravi Mishra

Ravi Mishra (born in 1988) is a multi-cloud architect with a decade of experience in the IT industry. He started his career as a network engineer, then later, with time, he got the opportunity to work in the cloud domain, where he worked his hardest to become an expert in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle. Along with the cloud, he has also developed a skillset in DevOps, containerization, Kubernetes, and Terraform. This was what inspired him to write this book. Ravi has an electronics engineering degree, with a postgraduate diploma in IT project management. Throughout his career, he has worked with multiple global MNCs. He has more than 35 cloud certifications, including as a Microsoft Certified Trainer and a public speaker. You can find him on LinkedIn as inmishrar.

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