Infrastructure as Code (OpenTofu) Getting Started

Learning Objectives

• Understand how OpenTofu works: Overview of state, declarative configuration, and dependencies
• Tell data sources and resources apart: Understand which language constructs HCL provides
• Apply Infrastructure as Code in cloud environments: Create your first infrastructure deployments
• Build modular configurations: Create and use simple modules

Prerequisites

• Understanding of cloud operating models (IaaS, PaaS)
• Experience with version control (Git)
• Basic knowledge of typical cloud resources (VMs, IAM, storage buckets)

What You Will Learn

• Comparing IaC tools: Understand where OpenTofu/Terraform differs from other tools
• Getting started with HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language): Overview of typical language constructs
• Your first configurations: Learn how OpenTofu works and create your first resources
• Integrating external resources: Working with data sources
• Building modular configurations: Create and manage reusable configurations
• Using and encrypting state centrally: Working with remote state on object stores
• Troubleshooting: Identify and fix errors

Who Is This For

• Want to keep infrastructure as code and make it reproducible

The course is aimed at participants who want to manage their API-driven infrastructure components as code and take their first steps with OpenTofu/Terraform