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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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Terraform Providers

As you saw earlier in this chapter, Terraform depends on plugins called providers to interact with cloud providers, SaaS providers, or any other APIs. Before you use them, you need to download and install them in the local working directory so that Terraform can use them. The required providers are declared in the terraform {} block. It is always suggested to declare them explicitly.

If you have previously worked with languages such as Java or Python, you can assume that providers are equivalent to the Java packages or Python libraries used with the import statements.

Terraform will look for the declared providers in the configuration scripts and try to download them when the terraform init command is executed for the first time. Without the providers, Terraform cannot manage any kind of infrastructure.

Basically, if you pick any Terraform provider, the provider will have a set of resources and/or data sources. In most cases, the resources will be the real...

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