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HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) Exam Guide

HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) Exam Guide

By : Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran, Manjunath H. Gowda
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HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) Exam Guide

HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) Exam Guide

5 (19)
By: Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran, Manjunath H. Gowda

Overview of this book

This HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) exam guide simplifies technical content relating to the exam and helps you learn using real-world examples. The book is aligned with the latest exam objectives, which enables you to streamline your learning experience instead of referring to multiple sources for preparation. Moreover, the book is designed to serve as a "one-stop solution" for readers with varied levels of experience in Terraform. You'll learn how to efficiently provision and manage cloud and on-premises infrastructure using Terraform. As you progress, you’ll focus on essential commands, state management techniques, and best practices. Later chapters will show you how to harness the power of Terraform modules for code reusability and scalability. You’ll also gain insights into advanced topics such as debugging, troubleshooting, and leveraging Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise for collaborative infrastructure management. This book provides you with lifetime access to supplementary practice resources such as mock exams, flashcards, and exam tips from experts. By the end of this book, you’ll have the knowledge and skills you need to confidently tackle the Terraform Associate certification exam and excel in your career.
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Handling Sensitive Data

When you deal with creating and managing cloud resources using Terraform, there could be situations where you will be working with sensitive data such as admin credentials, database user passwords, vault keys, and so on. So, it is very important that you secure the sensitive data, so it is not exposed to the outside world.

The sensitive data is stored in the state file as well, since it must record all the relevant attributes of the provisioned resources to track whether there are any changes made subsequently. So, the state file with the sensitive data is important, and you need a proper strategy to decide where it was stored and accessed.

However, a couple of considerations must be made:

  • When the state file is stored with the default local backend, the data is stored in plain text format.
  • When the state file is stored in a remote backend such as S3, it can be configured to enable encryption at rest so the data will be decrypted and used only...

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