
Deep-Dive Terraform on Azure
Automated Delivery and Deployment of Azure Solutions
Ritesh Modi(Author)
APress
Published on 28. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 236 pages
978-1-4842-7327-2 (ISBN)
Description
Get started with the foundations of Infrastructure as Code and learn how Terraform can automate the deployment and management of resources on Azure. This book covers all of the software engineering practices related to Terraform and Infrastructure as Code with Azure as a cloud provider.
The book starts with an introduction to Infrastructure as Code and covers basic concepts, principles, and tools, followed by an overview of Azure and Terraform that shows you how Terraform can be used to provision and manage Azure resources. You will get started writing multiple Terraform scripts and explore its various concepts. Author Ritesh Modi takes a deep dive into Terraform and teaches you about deployment and multiple resource creation using loops. Writing a reusable script using modules is discussed as well as management and administration of secrets, sensitive data, and passwords within Terraform code. You will learn to store and version Terraform scripts and know how Terraform is used in Azure DevOps pipelines. And you will write unit and integration tests for Terraform and learn its best practices. The book also highlights and walks through the Terraform Azure Provider and shows you a simple way to create a new Terraform provider.
After reading this book, you will be able to write quality Terraform scripts that are secure by design, modular, and reusable in Azure.
What Will You Learn
Who This Book Is For
Software engineers, DevOps professionals, and technology architects
The book starts with an introduction to Infrastructure as Code and covers basic concepts, principles, and tools, followed by an overview of Azure and Terraform that shows you how Terraform can be used to provision and manage Azure resources. You will get started writing multiple Terraform scripts and explore its various concepts. Author Ritesh Modi takes a deep dive into Terraform and teaches you about deployment and multiple resource creation using loops. Writing a reusable script using modules is discussed as well as management and administration of secrets, sensitive data, and passwords within Terraform code. You will learn to store and version Terraform scripts and know how Terraform is used in Azure DevOps pipelines. And you will write unit and integration tests for Terraform and learn its best practices. The book also highlights and walks through the Terraform Azure Provider and shows you a simple way to create a new Terraform provider.
After reading this book, you will be able to write quality Terraform scripts that are secure by design, modular, and reusable in Azure.
What Will You Learn
- Understand implementation within infrastructure and application deployments
- Provision resources in Azure using Terraform
- Use unit and integration testing
- Explore concepts such as local vs remote, importing state, workspaces, and backends
Who This Book Is For
Software engineers, DevOps professionals, and technology architects
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
55 s/w Abbildungen
XVIII, 236 p. 55 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
489 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4842-7327-2 (9781484273272)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4842-7328-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
09/2021
APress
€62.99
Available for download
Person
Ritesh Modi
works with Microsoft as Senior Engineer on the Commercial Engineering team. He has served as Microsoft Regional Director as well as Regional Lead for Microsoft certified trainers.
Ritesh is an architect, a senior evangelist, cloud architect, published author, speaker, and a known leader for his contributions in Blockchain, Ethereum, Datacenter, Azure, bots, cognitive services, DevOps, artificial intelligence, and automation. He has more than a decade of experience in building and deploying enterprise solutions for customers. He has contributed to AzureRM provider multiple times as an open source contribution.
Ritesh is an architect, a senior evangelist, cloud architect, published author, speaker, and a known leader for his contributions in Blockchain, Ethereum, Datacenter, Azure, bots, cognitive services, DevOps, artificial intelligence, and automation. He has more than a decade of experience in building and deploying enterprise solutions for customers. He has contributed to AzureRM provider multiple times as an open source contribution.
Content
Chapter 1: Infrastructure as Code .- Chapter 2: Azure and Terraform. - Chapter 3: Getting Started with Terraform. - Chapter 4: Deep Dive into Terraform. - Chapter 5: Terraform Modules. - Chapter 6: Writing Secure Scripts with Terraform. - Chapter 7: CI/CD with Terraform. - Chapter 8: Terraform Unit Testing. - Chapter 9: Terraform Best Practices.