Infrastructure as Code - A Complete Guide
You're under pressure. Your deployments are fragile. Manual processes break at scale, environments drift, and rollbacks take hours. You know Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the answer - but where do you start? How do you move from fragile, inconsistent environments to reliable, versioned, automated infrastructure that scales on demand? The industry has shifted. Companies that don’t embrace IaC are losing ground - to faster teams, resilient systems, and engineers who ship with confidence. You’re not just competing on code quality anymore. You're competing on delivery speed, stability, and automation maturity. Falling behind isn’t an option. Infrastructure as Code - A Complete Guide transforms uncertainty into mastery. This course guides you from concept to confident implementation, giving you the tools, frameworks, and workflows to build, manage, and scale cloud infrastructure like elite DevOps engineers at top tech firms. By the end, you will have designed production-grade IaC systems using declarative configuration, integrated them into CI/CD pipelines, and implemented secure, auditable, version-controlled infrastructure that deploys in minutes - not days. One DevOps Lead at a Fortune 500 firm told us: After completing this course, I automated our entire staging environment. We reduced deployment errors by 94%, and I was promoted within three months. No more guesswork. No fragmented tutorials. Just one comprehensive, battle-tested system that delivers clarity, control, and career advancement. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Immediate, Self-Paced, On-Demand Learning This course is designed for working professionals. You get immediate online access upon enrollment, with full self-paced flexibility. No fixed start dates, no time zones, no deadlines. Learn when and where it suits you - at night, on weekends, or between sprints. Most engineers complete the program in 6 to 8 weeks with 4–6 hours per week. Many apply core principles to real work within the first 10 days - automating infrastructure tasks that used to take hours. Lifetime Access & Continuous Updates
You’re not buying a moment in time. You’re investing in a living resource. Gain lifetime access to all course materials, including regular updates as tools evolve and new best practices emerge - at no additional cost. Infrastructure changes fast. Your training shouldn’t expire. Mobile-Friendly, 24/7 Global Access
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You're not learning in isolation. Receive direct support from experienced infrastructure engineers who’ve led IaC adoption at global organisations. Ask questions, clarify workflows, and get feedback on implementation strategies - all within the learning environment. Receive a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
Upon finishing the course, you’ll earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - a name trusted by over 400,000 professionals worldwide. This credential validates your hands-on mastery of Infrastructure as Code and strengthens your professional profile on LinkedIn, resumes, and internal promotions. No Hidden Fees. Transparent Pricing. Real Results.
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After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details and login instructions will be sent separately once your course environment is fully provisioned and ready. This process ensures a seamless, error-free start. This Course Works - Even If You’re New to Automation
Whether you're a Senior SRE, Junior Cloud Engineer, or Systems Architect transitioning from legacy environments, this course meets you at your level. We’ve seen Network Engineers automate AWS networking in weeks. We’ve had Sysadmins eliminate configuration drift across 200+ servers. One student, previously managing infrastructure via CLI and spreadsheets, now runs GitOps-driven pipelines in production - with audit trails and rollback automation. If you can write code, operate cloud services, or manage systems - this course will upgrade your impact. The framework is designed for real-world application, not theory. It works even if you’ve struggled with fragmented documentation, tool sprawl, or unclear implementation paths in the past. You’re not just learning IaC. You’re building a professional advantage - with recognisable skills, a verifiable certificate, and immediate ROI on your time.
Module 1: Foundations of Infrastructure as Code - Definition and evolution of Infrastructure as Code
- Why manual infrastructure management fails at scale
- Immutable vs mutable infrastructure principles
- The shift-left approach to infrastructure provisioning
- Benefits of version-controlled infrastructure
- How IaC reduces mean time to recovery (MTTR)
- The role of IaC in DevOps and SRE practices
- Understanding configuration drift and its business cost
- Idempotency in infrastructure provisioning
- Declarative vs imperative infrastructure models
- Key stakeholders in IaC adoption: Developers, Ops, Security
- Introduction to Git as a source of truth for infrastructure
- Principles of repeatable and auditable environments
- Mapping IaC to business continuity and compliance
- The feedback loop between infrastructure and application delivery
- Fundamental terminology: State, Providers, Resources, Modules
- Assessing organisational readiness for IaC
- Common anti-patterns in early IaC implementations
- Building a business case for IaC adoption
- Measuring the ROI of infrastructure automation
Module 2: Core IaC Frameworks and Tooling Landscape - Comparing Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, and Crossplane
- Open source vs vendor-locked tools: trade-offs and scalability
- Understanding Infrastructure as Code maturity models
- Evaluating tools based on ecosystem, support, and extensibility
- Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud IaC strategies
- Choosing the right tool for your organisation’s size and goals
- Introduction to HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
- Working with JSON and YAML in infrastructure definitions
- Integrating IaC with existing CMDBs and asset management
- Tool evaluation framework: Community, Documentation, Learning Curve
- Version compatibility and lifecycle management
- Managing toolchain dependencies and upgrades
- The role of SDKs in code-based IaC (like Pulumi)
- State management considerations across tools
- Benchmarking performance and reliability of IaC tools
- Analysing tool security posture and supply chain risk
- How Terraform fits into larger DevOps ecosystems
- Selecting tools based on long-term maintainability
- Vendor lock-in avoidance strategies
- Tools that support GitOps natively
Module 3: Terraform Deep Dive - Core Concepts and Syntax - Installing and configuring the Terraform CLI
- Understanding the terraform block and required providers
- Defining resources: syntax, arguments, and dependencies
- Using variables for reusable and environment-specific configuration
- Best practices for variable naming and scoping
- Creating and using output values for cross-module communication
- Working with locals for complex expression logic
- Using expressions and conditionals in resource definitions
- Understanding Terraform’s dependency graph
- Explicit vs implicit resource dependencies
- Managing provider configurations for multi-cloud use
- Configuring AWS, Azure, and GCP provider blocks
- Using data sources to reference existing infrastructure
- Combining data sources with resource creation
- Understanding data source refresh behaviour
- Working with complex types: list, map, object, tuple
- Dynamic blocks for generating repetitive configurations
- Using for_each and count for resource iteration
- When to use count vs for_each: best practices and limitations
- Error handling and validation in configuration files
Module 4: Terraform State Management and Remote Backends - Understanding the Terraform state file and its role
- Why state matters: resource tracking, dependency resolution
- Local vs remote state storage trade-offs
- Configuring S3 and DynamoDB for remote state with locking
- Setting up Azure Storage and Blob Leases for state
- Using Google Cloud Storage with locking mechanisms
- State file security: encryption, access control, and audit trails
- State versioning and rollback strategies
- Importing existing infrastructure into Terraform state
- Best practices for state import workflows
- State isolation for environments: dev, staging, prod
- Directory structure patterns for multi-environment management
- State file decomposition and modularisation
- Managing state for large-scale infrastructure
- Preventing state corruption with version control and checks
- Using terraform refresh to detect drift
- Automated state validation in CI pipelines
- Tools for inspecting and modifying state safely
- State file migration strategies
- Managing state across teams and geographies
Module 5: Modularity and Reusability in Terraform - Benefits of modular IaC design
- Creating reusable modules with inputs and outputs
- Standardising module interfaces across teams
- Module source types: local, Git, registry, HTTP
- Publishing modules to private and public registries
- Versioning modules using semantic versioning
- Managing module dependencies and chaining
- Nesting modules for complex architectures
- Using module composition for microservices infrastructure
- Creating enterprise-grade module standards
- Validation checks inside modules
- Default values and optional module parameters
- Documenting modules for team adoption
- Sharing modules across departments securely
- Using Terraform Registry (public and private)
- Building internal module repositories
- Testing modules for correctness and idempotency
- Parameterising for region, environment, and scale
- Role-based access to shared modules
- Tracking module usage and version adoption
Module 6: Variables, Environments, and Configuration Strategies - Types of variables: string, number, bool, collections
- Defining variable defaults and descriptions
- Passing variables via CLI, files, and environment variables
- Using terraform.tfvars for environment-specific settings
- Dynamic variable loading based on workspace
- Creating environment workspaces in Terraform Cloud
- Managing dev, staging, prod with variables and modules
- Separating secrets from configuration safely
- Using environment variables for sensitive data
- Best practices for handling credentials in IaC
- Integrating with secret stores: HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager
- Using pre-commit hooks to detect secrets
- Build-time vs runtime configuration separation
- Feature flags in infrastructure provisioning
- Blue-green environment switching with variables
- Context-aware infrastructure using tags and metadata
- Using workspaces for lightweight environment isolation
- Limitations of workspaces and when to avoid them
- Alternative: directory-per-environment pattern
- Environment lifecycle management and cleanup
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Governance - Securing IaC pipelines end-to-end
- Principle of least privilege in provider configurations
- Using IAM roles and service accounts for automation
- Static code analysis for security misconfigurations
- Integrating Checkov, tfsec, and Snyk into workflows
- Detecting open security groups, unencrypted storage, and public access
- Writing custom policies with OPA and Rego
- Enforcing compliance using Sentinel policies (Terraform Enterprise)
- Automating policy validation in pull requests
- Role-based access control in Terraform workflows
- Audit trails for infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and security patching
- Handling regulatory requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2)
- Infrastructure tagging for cost and compliance tracking
- Automated compliance reporting with IaC
- Security review gates in deployment pipelines
- Eliminating hardcoded credentials and secrets
- Using pre-signed URLs and dynamic credentials
- Network security policies in IaC
- Zero-trust architecture patterns using IaC
Module 8: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating IaC into CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI
- Designing pipeline stages: validate, plan, apply
- Automating terraform fmt and validate checks
- Generating and reviewing execution plans safely
- Securing pipeline credentials with OIDC and short-lived tokens
- Implementing manual approval gates for production
- Using merge request workflows for IaC changes
- Drift detection in automated pipelines
- Scheduling periodic plan checks to catch configuration decay
- Automated rollback strategies on failed applies
- Notifying teams of infrastructure changes
- Using webhooks for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and ticketing
- Infrastructure testing within CI pipelines
- Pipeline concurrency and state locking coordination
- Environment promotion using CI triggers
- Parallelising deployment across regions
- Using artefacts to track infrastructure versions
- Creating reusable pipeline templates
- Monitoring pipeline success rate and failure patterns
- Disaster recovery testing via automated rollback
Module 9: Testing and Validation in Infrastructure as Code - Unit testing infrastructure modules with Terratest
- Writing assertions for resource attributes
- Testing across cloud providers and regions
- Integration testing with live environments
- Using mocking and stubbing for API calls
- Automated linting with TFLint
- Validating naming conventions, structure, and style
- Customising TFLint rules for team standards
- Schema validation and syntax checking
- Testing module interoperability
- Baseline testing for security and performance
- Canary deployments with infrastructure testing
- Performance testing infrastructure scalability
- Chaos engineering principles applied to IaC
- Automated snapshot comparisons for drift detection
- Testing rollback procedures before production
- Load testing cloud infrastructure via IaC
- Validating high availability configurations
- Disaster recovery simulation via automated scripts
- Golden path testing for critical infrastructure
Module 10: Advanced Patterns and Real-World Architectures - Designing multi-region, active-active infrastructure
- Automating disaster recovery site provisioning
- Building global application delivery networks with IaC
- Managing DNS and TLS certificates in code
- Automating certificate rotation with ACM and Let's Encrypt
- Multi-account AWS setup with Terraform and AWS Organizations
- Managing Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions
- GCP Folder and Project hierarchy automation
- Networking as code: VPC, peering, transit gateways
- Security group and firewall rule management
- IaC for hybrid cloud and on-prem connectivity
- Automating SD-WAN and cloud interconnects
- Container orchestration infrastructure: EKS, AKS, GKE
- Kubernetes ingress, storage, and networking via IaC
- Database as code: RDS, Cloud SQL, managed Postgres
- Automation of backups, replication, and failover
- Serverless infrastructure: Lambda, Functions, Cloud Run
- Event-driven architecture provisioning
- Monitoring and observability stack automation
- Log aggregation and alerting infrastructure in code
Module 11: GitOps and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management - Introduction to GitOps principles and workflows
- Using Git as the single source of truth
- FluxCD and ArgoCD for GitOps infrastructure sync
- Automated reconciliation loops for infrastructure drift
- Pull request-driven infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and controlled rollouts
- Policy enforcement in GitOps pipelines
- Drift detection and auto-healing mechanisms
- Audit logging of all infrastructure changes
- Rollback via Git commit revert
- Branching strategies: trunk-based vs feature branches
- Tagging and versioning infrastructure releases
- Environment promotion via Git merges
- Automated environment provisioning on branch creation
- Stale environment cleanup policies
- Ephemeral environments for testing and demos
- Cost optimisation through automated teardown
- Change advisory boards in GitOps workflows
- Monitoring GitOps pipeline health
- Scaling GitOps across teams and regions
Module 12: IaC in Enterprise and Large-Scale Environments - Multi-team collaboration patterns with IaC
- Centralised vs decentralised module ownership
- Internal platform teams and internal developer platforms (IDPs)
- Creating self-service infrastructure portals
- Abstraction layers for non-expert users
- Templated environments for developers
- Cost tracking and allocation via tagging
- Budget enforcement using automated alerts
- Capacity planning with IaC forecasting
- Scaling infrastructure for Black Friday or seasonal loads
- Change management and CAB processes in IaC
- Integrating with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
- Infrastructure change calendar management
- Vendor audit readiness using IaC logs
- Automating compliance evidence collection
- Disaster recovery runbooks in code
- Business continuity testing automation
- Global team coordination across time zones
- Standardising IaC across M&A integrations
- Legacy migration strategies using parallel run
Module 13: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey
Module 14: Capstone Project and Real-World Implementation - Designing a production-ready IaC system from scratch
- Choosing the right structure for modularity and reuse
- Implementing secure state management with S3 and DynamoDB
- Creating modules for VPC, compute, and databases
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Integrating static analysis and policy checks
- Automating testing with Terratest and TFLint
- Configuring GitOps workflows with FluxCD
- Setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure
- Implementing disaster recovery automation
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs
- Presenting your solution with a board-ready summary
- Performing a full end-to-end deployment
- Testing rollback and recovery procedures
- Reviewing security and compliance posture
- Optimising for cost and performance
- Getting peer feedback on your design
- Incorporating lessons from real-world outages
- Preparing your project for enterprise adoption
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Definition and evolution of Infrastructure as Code
- Why manual infrastructure management fails at scale
- Immutable vs mutable infrastructure principles
- The shift-left approach to infrastructure provisioning
- Benefits of version-controlled infrastructure
- How IaC reduces mean time to recovery (MTTR)
- The role of IaC in DevOps and SRE practices
- Understanding configuration drift and its business cost
- Idempotency in infrastructure provisioning
- Declarative vs imperative infrastructure models
- Key stakeholders in IaC adoption: Developers, Ops, Security
- Introduction to Git as a source of truth for infrastructure
- Principles of repeatable and auditable environments
- Mapping IaC to business continuity and compliance
- The feedback loop between infrastructure and application delivery
- Fundamental terminology: State, Providers, Resources, Modules
- Assessing organisational readiness for IaC
- Common anti-patterns in early IaC implementations
- Building a business case for IaC adoption
- Measuring the ROI of infrastructure automation
Module 2: Core IaC Frameworks and Tooling Landscape - Comparing Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, and Crossplane
- Open source vs vendor-locked tools: trade-offs and scalability
- Understanding Infrastructure as Code maturity models
- Evaluating tools based on ecosystem, support, and extensibility
- Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud IaC strategies
- Choosing the right tool for your organisation’s size and goals
- Introduction to HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)
- Working with JSON and YAML in infrastructure definitions
- Integrating IaC with existing CMDBs and asset management
- Tool evaluation framework: Community, Documentation, Learning Curve
- Version compatibility and lifecycle management
- Managing toolchain dependencies and upgrades
- The role of SDKs in code-based IaC (like Pulumi)
- State management considerations across tools
- Benchmarking performance and reliability of IaC tools
- Analysing tool security posture and supply chain risk
- How Terraform fits into larger DevOps ecosystems
- Selecting tools based on long-term maintainability
- Vendor lock-in avoidance strategies
- Tools that support GitOps natively
Module 3: Terraform Deep Dive - Core Concepts and Syntax - Installing and configuring the Terraform CLI
- Understanding the terraform block and required providers
- Defining resources: syntax, arguments, and dependencies
- Using variables for reusable and environment-specific configuration
- Best practices for variable naming and scoping
- Creating and using output values for cross-module communication
- Working with locals for complex expression logic
- Using expressions and conditionals in resource definitions
- Understanding Terraform’s dependency graph
- Explicit vs implicit resource dependencies
- Managing provider configurations for multi-cloud use
- Configuring AWS, Azure, and GCP provider blocks
- Using data sources to reference existing infrastructure
- Combining data sources with resource creation
- Understanding data source refresh behaviour
- Working with complex types: list, map, object, tuple
- Dynamic blocks for generating repetitive configurations
- Using for_each and count for resource iteration
- When to use count vs for_each: best practices and limitations
- Error handling and validation in configuration files
Module 4: Terraform State Management and Remote Backends - Understanding the Terraform state file and its role
- Why state matters: resource tracking, dependency resolution
- Local vs remote state storage trade-offs
- Configuring S3 and DynamoDB for remote state with locking
- Setting up Azure Storage and Blob Leases for state
- Using Google Cloud Storage with locking mechanisms
- State file security: encryption, access control, and audit trails
- State versioning and rollback strategies
- Importing existing infrastructure into Terraform state
- Best practices for state import workflows
- State isolation for environments: dev, staging, prod
- Directory structure patterns for multi-environment management
- State file decomposition and modularisation
- Managing state for large-scale infrastructure
- Preventing state corruption with version control and checks
- Using terraform refresh to detect drift
- Automated state validation in CI pipelines
- Tools for inspecting and modifying state safely
- State file migration strategies
- Managing state across teams and geographies
Module 5: Modularity and Reusability in Terraform - Benefits of modular IaC design
- Creating reusable modules with inputs and outputs
- Standardising module interfaces across teams
- Module source types: local, Git, registry, HTTP
- Publishing modules to private and public registries
- Versioning modules using semantic versioning
- Managing module dependencies and chaining
- Nesting modules for complex architectures
- Using module composition for microservices infrastructure
- Creating enterprise-grade module standards
- Validation checks inside modules
- Default values and optional module parameters
- Documenting modules for team adoption
- Sharing modules across departments securely
- Using Terraform Registry (public and private)
- Building internal module repositories
- Testing modules for correctness and idempotency
- Parameterising for region, environment, and scale
- Role-based access to shared modules
- Tracking module usage and version adoption
Module 6: Variables, Environments, and Configuration Strategies - Types of variables: string, number, bool, collections
- Defining variable defaults and descriptions
- Passing variables via CLI, files, and environment variables
- Using terraform.tfvars for environment-specific settings
- Dynamic variable loading based on workspace
- Creating environment workspaces in Terraform Cloud
- Managing dev, staging, prod with variables and modules
- Separating secrets from configuration safely
- Using environment variables for sensitive data
- Best practices for handling credentials in IaC
- Integrating with secret stores: HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager
- Using pre-commit hooks to detect secrets
- Build-time vs runtime configuration separation
- Feature flags in infrastructure provisioning
- Blue-green environment switching with variables
- Context-aware infrastructure using tags and metadata
- Using workspaces for lightweight environment isolation
- Limitations of workspaces and when to avoid them
- Alternative: directory-per-environment pattern
- Environment lifecycle management and cleanup
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Governance - Securing IaC pipelines end-to-end
- Principle of least privilege in provider configurations
- Using IAM roles and service accounts for automation
- Static code analysis for security misconfigurations
- Integrating Checkov, tfsec, and Snyk into workflows
- Detecting open security groups, unencrypted storage, and public access
- Writing custom policies with OPA and Rego
- Enforcing compliance using Sentinel policies (Terraform Enterprise)
- Automating policy validation in pull requests
- Role-based access control in Terraform workflows
- Audit trails for infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and security patching
- Handling regulatory requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2)
- Infrastructure tagging for cost and compliance tracking
- Automated compliance reporting with IaC
- Security review gates in deployment pipelines
- Eliminating hardcoded credentials and secrets
- Using pre-signed URLs and dynamic credentials
- Network security policies in IaC
- Zero-trust architecture patterns using IaC
Module 8: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating IaC into CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI
- Designing pipeline stages: validate, plan, apply
- Automating terraform fmt and validate checks
- Generating and reviewing execution plans safely
- Securing pipeline credentials with OIDC and short-lived tokens
- Implementing manual approval gates for production
- Using merge request workflows for IaC changes
- Drift detection in automated pipelines
- Scheduling periodic plan checks to catch configuration decay
- Automated rollback strategies on failed applies
- Notifying teams of infrastructure changes
- Using webhooks for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and ticketing
- Infrastructure testing within CI pipelines
- Pipeline concurrency and state locking coordination
- Environment promotion using CI triggers
- Parallelising deployment across regions
- Using artefacts to track infrastructure versions
- Creating reusable pipeline templates
- Monitoring pipeline success rate and failure patterns
- Disaster recovery testing via automated rollback
Module 9: Testing and Validation in Infrastructure as Code - Unit testing infrastructure modules with Terratest
- Writing assertions for resource attributes
- Testing across cloud providers and regions
- Integration testing with live environments
- Using mocking and stubbing for API calls
- Automated linting with TFLint
- Validating naming conventions, structure, and style
- Customising TFLint rules for team standards
- Schema validation and syntax checking
- Testing module interoperability
- Baseline testing for security and performance
- Canary deployments with infrastructure testing
- Performance testing infrastructure scalability
- Chaos engineering principles applied to IaC
- Automated snapshot comparisons for drift detection
- Testing rollback procedures before production
- Load testing cloud infrastructure via IaC
- Validating high availability configurations
- Disaster recovery simulation via automated scripts
- Golden path testing for critical infrastructure
Module 10: Advanced Patterns and Real-World Architectures - Designing multi-region, active-active infrastructure
- Automating disaster recovery site provisioning
- Building global application delivery networks with IaC
- Managing DNS and TLS certificates in code
- Automating certificate rotation with ACM and Let's Encrypt
- Multi-account AWS setup with Terraform and AWS Organizations
- Managing Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions
- GCP Folder and Project hierarchy automation
- Networking as code: VPC, peering, transit gateways
- Security group and firewall rule management
- IaC for hybrid cloud and on-prem connectivity
- Automating SD-WAN and cloud interconnects
- Container orchestration infrastructure: EKS, AKS, GKE
- Kubernetes ingress, storage, and networking via IaC
- Database as code: RDS, Cloud SQL, managed Postgres
- Automation of backups, replication, and failover
- Serverless infrastructure: Lambda, Functions, Cloud Run
- Event-driven architecture provisioning
- Monitoring and observability stack automation
- Log aggregation and alerting infrastructure in code
Module 11: GitOps and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management - Introduction to GitOps principles and workflows
- Using Git as the single source of truth
- FluxCD and ArgoCD for GitOps infrastructure sync
- Automated reconciliation loops for infrastructure drift
- Pull request-driven infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and controlled rollouts
- Policy enforcement in GitOps pipelines
- Drift detection and auto-healing mechanisms
- Audit logging of all infrastructure changes
- Rollback via Git commit revert
- Branching strategies: trunk-based vs feature branches
- Tagging and versioning infrastructure releases
- Environment promotion via Git merges
- Automated environment provisioning on branch creation
- Stale environment cleanup policies
- Ephemeral environments for testing and demos
- Cost optimisation through automated teardown
- Change advisory boards in GitOps workflows
- Monitoring GitOps pipeline health
- Scaling GitOps across teams and regions
Module 12: IaC in Enterprise and Large-Scale Environments - Multi-team collaboration patterns with IaC
- Centralised vs decentralised module ownership
- Internal platform teams and internal developer platforms (IDPs)
- Creating self-service infrastructure portals
- Abstraction layers for non-expert users
- Templated environments for developers
- Cost tracking and allocation via tagging
- Budget enforcement using automated alerts
- Capacity planning with IaC forecasting
- Scaling infrastructure for Black Friday or seasonal loads
- Change management and CAB processes in IaC
- Integrating with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
- Infrastructure change calendar management
- Vendor audit readiness using IaC logs
- Automating compliance evidence collection
- Disaster recovery runbooks in code
- Business continuity testing automation
- Global team coordination across time zones
- Standardising IaC across M&A integrations
- Legacy migration strategies using parallel run
Module 13: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey
Module 14: Capstone Project and Real-World Implementation - Designing a production-ready IaC system from scratch
- Choosing the right structure for modularity and reuse
- Implementing secure state management with S3 and DynamoDB
- Creating modules for VPC, compute, and databases
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Integrating static analysis and policy checks
- Automating testing with Terratest and TFLint
- Configuring GitOps workflows with FluxCD
- Setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure
- Implementing disaster recovery automation
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs
- Presenting your solution with a board-ready summary
- Performing a full end-to-end deployment
- Testing rollback and recovery procedures
- Reviewing security and compliance posture
- Optimising for cost and performance
- Getting peer feedback on your design
- Incorporating lessons from real-world outages
- Preparing your project for enterprise adoption
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Installing and configuring the Terraform CLI
- Understanding the terraform block and required providers
- Defining resources: syntax, arguments, and dependencies
- Using variables for reusable and environment-specific configuration
- Best practices for variable naming and scoping
- Creating and using output values for cross-module communication
- Working with locals for complex expression logic
- Using expressions and conditionals in resource definitions
- Understanding Terraform’s dependency graph
- Explicit vs implicit resource dependencies
- Managing provider configurations for multi-cloud use
- Configuring AWS, Azure, and GCP provider blocks
- Using data sources to reference existing infrastructure
- Combining data sources with resource creation
- Understanding data source refresh behaviour
- Working with complex types: list, map, object, tuple
- Dynamic blocks for generating repetitive configurations
- Using for_each and count for resource iteration
- When to use count vs for_each: best practices and limitations
- Error handling and validation in configuration files
Module 4: Terraform State Management and Remote Backends - Understanding the Terraform state file and its role
- Why state matters: resource tracking, dependency resolution
- Local vs remote state storage trade-offs
- Configuring S3 and DynamoDB for remote state with locking
- Setting up Azure Storage and Blob Leases for state
- Using Google Cloud Storage with locking mechanisms
- State file security: encryption, access control, and audit trails
- State versioning and rollback strategies
- Importing existing infrastructure into Terraform state
- Best practices for state import workflows
- State isolation for environments: dev, staging, prod
- Directory structure patterns for multi-environment management
- State file decomposition and modularisation
- Managing state for large-scale infrastructure
- Preventing state corruption with version control and checks
- Using terraform refresh to detect drift
- Automated state validation in CI pipelines
- Tools for inspecting and modifying state safely
- State file migration strategies
- Managing state across teams and geographies
Module 5: Modularity and Reusability in Terraform - Benefits of modular IaC design
- Creating reusable modules with inputs and outputs
- Standardising module interfaces across teams
- Module source types: local, Git, registry, HTTP
- Publishing modules to private and public registries
- Versioning modules using semantic versioning
- Managing module dependencies and chaining
- Nesting modules for complex architectures
- Using module composition for microservices infrastructure
- Creating enterprise-grade module standards
- Validation checks inside modules
- Default values and optional module parameters
- Documenting modules for team adoption
- Sharing modules across departments securely
- Using Terraform Registry (public and private)
- Building internal module repositories
- Testing modules for correctness and idempotency
- Parameterising for region, environment, and scale
- Role-based access to shared modules
- Tracking module usage and version adoption
Module 6: Variables, Environments, and Configuration Strategies - Types of variables: string, number, bool, collections
- Defining variable defaults and descriptions
- Passing variables via CLI, files, and environment variables
- Using terraform.tfvars for environment-specific settings
- Dynamic variable loading based on workspace
- Creating environment workspaces in Terraform Cloud
- Managing dev, staging, prod with variables and modules
- Separating secrets from configuration safely
- Using environment variables for sensitive data
- Best practices for handling credentials in IaC
- Integrating with secret stores: HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager
- Using pre-commit hooks to detect secrets
- Build-time vs runtime configuration separation
- Feature flags in infrastructure provisioning
- Blue-green environment switching with variables
- Context-aware infrastructure using tags and metadata
- Using workspaces for lightweight environment isolation
- Limitations of workspaces and when to avoid them
- Alternative: directory-per-environment pattern
- Environment lifecycle management and cleanup
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Governance - Securing IaC pipelines end-to-end
- Principle of least privilege in provider configurations
- Using IAM roles and service accounts for automation
- Static code analysis for security misconfigurations
- Integrating Checkov, tfsec, and Snyk into workflows
- Detecting open security groups, unencrypted storage, and public access
- Writing custom policies with OPA and Rego
- Enforcing compliance using Sentinel policies (Terraform Enterprise)
- Automating policy validation in pull requests
- Role-based access control in Terraform workflows
- Audit trails for infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and security patching
- Handling regulatory requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2)
- Infrastructure tagging for cost and compliance tracking
- Automated compliance reporting with IaC
- Security review gates in deployment pipelines
- Eliminating hardcoded credentials and secrets
- Using pre-signed URLs and dynamic credentials
- Network security policies in IaC
- Zero-trust architecture patterns using IaC
Module 8: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating IaC into CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI
- Designing pipeline stages: validate, plan, apply
- Automating terraform fmt and validate checks
- Generating and reviewing execution plans safely
- Securing pipeline credentials with OIDC and short-lived tokens
- Implementing manual approval gates for production
- Using merge request workflows for IaC changes
- Drift detection in automated pipelines
- Scheduling periodic plan checks to catch configuration decay
- Automated rollback strategies on failed applies
- Notifying teams of infrastructure changes
- Using webhooks for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and ticketing
- Infrastructure testing within CI pipelines
- Pipeline concurrency and state locking coordination
- Environment promotion using CI triggers
- Parallelising deployment across regions
- Using artefacts to track infrastructure versions
- Creating reusable pipeline templates
- Monitoring pipeline success rate and failure patterns
- Disaster recovery testing via automated rollback
Module 9: Testing and Validation in Infrastructure as Code - Unit testing infrastructure modules with Terratest
- Writing assertions for resource attributes
- Testing across cloud providers and regions
- Integration testing with live environments
- Using mocking and stubbing for API calls
- Automated linting with TFLint
- Validating naming conventions, structure, and style
- Customising TFLint rules for team standards
- Schema validation and syntax checking
- Testing module interoperability
- Baseline testing for security and performance
- Canary deployments with infrastructure testing
- Performance testing infrastructure scalability
- Chaos engineering principles applied to IaC
- Automated snapshot comparisons for drift detection
- Testing rollback procedures before production
- Load testing cloud infrastructure via IaC
- Validating high availability configurations
- Disaster recovery simulation via automated scripts
- Golden path testing for critical infrastructure
Module 10: Advanced Patterns and Real-World Architectures - Designing multi-region, active-active infrastructure
- Automating disaster recovery site provisioning
- Building global application delivery networks with IaC
- Managing DNS and TLS certificates in code
- Automating certificate rotation with ACM and Let's Encrypt
- Multi-account AWS setup with Terraform and AWS Organizations
- Managing Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions
- GCP Folder and Project hierarchy automation
- Networking as code: VPC, peering, transit gateways
- Security group and firewall rule management
- IaC for hybrid cloud and on-prem connectivity
- Automating SD-WAN and cloud interconnects
- Container orchestration infrastructure: EKS, AKS, GKE
- Kubernetes ingress, storage, and networking via IaC
- Database as code: RDS, Cloud SQL, managed Postgres
- Automation of backups, replication, and failover
- Serverless infrastructure: Lambda, Functions, Cloud Run
- Event-driven architecture provisioning
- Monitoring and observability stack automation
- Log aggregation and alerting infrastructure in code
Module 11: GitOps and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management - Introduction to GitOps principles and workflows
- Using Git as the single source of truth
- FluxCD and ArgoCD for GitOps infrastructure sync
- Automated reconciliation loops for infrastructure drift
- Pull request-driven infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and controlled rollouts
- Policy enforcement in GitOps pipelines
- Drift detection and auto-healing mechanisms
- Audit logging of all infrastructure changes
- Rollback via Git commit revert
- Branching strategies: trunk-based vs feature branches
- Tagging and versioning infrastructure releases
- Environment promotion via Git merges
- Automated environment provisioning on branch creation
- Stale environment cleanup policies
- Ephemeral environments for testing and demos
- Cost optimisation through automated teardown
- Change advisory boards in GitOps workflows
- Monitoring GitOps pipeline health
- Scaling GitOps across teams and regions
Module 12: IaC in Enterprise and Large-Scale Environments - Multi-team collaboration patterns with IaC
- Centralised vs decentralised module ownership
- Internal platform teams and internal developer platforms (IDPs)
- Creating self-service infrastructure portals
- Abstraction layers for non-expert users
- Templated environments for developers
- Cost tracking and allocation via tagging
- Budget enforcement using automated alerts
- Capacity planning with IaC forecasting
- Scaling infrastructure for Black Friday or seasonal loads
- Change management and CAB processes in IaC
- Integrating with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
- Infrastructure change calendar management
- Vendor audit readiness using IaC logs
- Automating compliance evidence collection
- Disaster recovery runbooks in code
- Business continuity testing automation
- Global team coordination across time zones
- Standardising IaC across M&A integrations
- Legacy migration strategies using parallel run
Module 13: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey
Module 14: Capstone Project and Real-World Implementation - Designing a production-ready IaC system from scratch
- Choosing the right structure for modularity and reuse
- Implementing secure state management with S3 and DynamoDB
- Creating modules for VPC, compute, and databases
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Integrating static analysis and policy checks
- Automating testing with Terratest and TFLint
- Configuring GitOps workflows with FluxCD
- Setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure
- Implementing disaster recovery automation
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs
- Presenting your solution with a board-ready summary
- Performing a full end-to-end deployment
- Testing rollback and recovery procedures
- Reviewing security and compliance posture
- Optimising for cost and performance
- Getting peer feedback on your design
- Incorporating lessons from real-world outages
- Preparing your project for enterprise adoption
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Benefits of modular IaC design
- Creating reusable modules with inputs and outputs
- Standardising module interfaces across teams
- Module source types: local, Git, registry, HTTP
- Publishing modules to private and public registries
- Versioning modules using semantic versioning
- Managing module dependencies and chaining
- Nesting modules for complex architectures
- Using module composition for microservices infrastructure
- Creating enterprise-grade module standards
- Validation checks inside modules
- Default values and optional module parameters
- Documenting modules for team adoption
- Sharing modules across departments securely
- Using Terraform Registry (public and private)
- Building internal module repositories
- Testing modules for correctness and idempotency
- Parameterising for region, environment, and scale
- Role-based access to shared modules
- Tracking module usage and version adoption
Module 6: Variables, Environments, and Configuration Strategies - Types of variables: string, number, bool, collections
- Defining variable defaults and descriptions
- Passing variables via CLI, files, and environment variables
- Using terraform.tfvars for environment-specific settings
- Dynamic variable loading based on workspace
- Creating environment workspaces in Terraform Cloud
- Managing dev, staging, prod with variables and modules
- Separating secrets from configuration safely
- Using environment variables for sensitive data
- Best practices for handling credentials in IaC
- Integrating with secret stores: HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager
- Using pre-commit hooks to detect secrets
- Build-time vs runtime configuration separation
- Feature flags in infrastructure provisioning
- Blue-green environment switching with variables
- Context-aware infrastructure using tags and metadata
- Using workspaces for lightweight environment isolation
- Limitations of workspaces and when to avoid them
- Alternative: directory-per-environment pattern
- Environment lifecycle management and cleanup
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Governance - Securing IaC pipelines end-to-end
- Principle of least privilege in provider configurations
- Using IAM roles and service accounts for automation
- Static code analysis for security misconfigurations
- Integrating Checkov, tfsec, and Snyk into workflows
- Detecting open security groups, unencrypted storage, and public access
- Writing custom policies with OPA and Rego
- Enforcing compliance using Sentinel policies (Terraform Enterprise)
- Automating policy validation in pull requests
- Role-based access control in Terraform workflows
- Audit trails for infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and security patching
- Handling regulatory requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2)
- Infrastructure tagging for cost and compliance tracking
- Automated compliance reporting with IaC
- Security review gates in deployment pipelines
- Eliminating hardcoded credentials and secrets
- Using pre-signed URLs and dynamic credentials
- Network security policies in IaC
- Zero-trust architecture patterns using IaC
Module 8: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating IaC into CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI
- Designing pipeline stages: validate, plan, apply
- Automating terraform fmt and validate checks
- Generating and reviewing execution plans safely
- Securing pipeline credentials with OIDC and short-lived tokens
- Implementing manual approval gates for production
- Using merge request workflows for IaC changes
- Drift detection in automated pipelines
- Scheduling periodic plan checks to catch configuration decay
- Automated rollback strategies on failed applies
- Notifying teams of infrastructure changes
- Using webhooks for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and ticketing
- Infrastructure testing within CI pipelines
- Pipeline concurrency and state locking coordination
- Environment promotion using CI triggers
- Parallelising deployment across regions
- Using artefacts to track infrastructure versions
- Creating reusable pipeline templates
- Monitoring pipeline success rate and failure patterns
- Disaster recovery testing via automated rollback
Module 9: Testing and Validation in Infrastructure as Code - Unit testing infrastructure modules with Terratest
- Writing assertions for resource attributes
- Testing across cloud providers and regions
- Integration testing with live environments
- Using mocking and stubbing for API calls
- Automated linting with TFLint
- Validating naming conventions, structure, and style
- Customising TFLint rules for team standards
- Schema validation and syntax checking
- Testing module interoperability
- Baseline testing for security and performance
- Canary deployments with infrastructure testing
- Performance testing infrastructure scalability
- Chaos engineering principles applied to IaC
- Automated snapshot comparisons for drift detection
- Testing rollback procedures before production
- Load testing cloud infrastructure via IaC
- Validating high availability configurations
- Disaster recovery simulation via automated scripts
- Golden path testing for critical infrastructure
Module 10: Advanced Patterns and Real-World Architectures - Designing multi-region, active-active infrastructure
- Automating disaster recovery site provisioning
- Building global application delivery networks with IaC
- Managing DNS and TLS certificates in code
- Automating certificate rotation with ACM and Let's Encrypt
- Multi-account AWS setup with Terraform and AWS Organizations
- Managing Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions
- GCP Folder and Project hierarchy automation
- Networking as code: VPC, peering, transit gateways
- Security group and firewall rule management
- IaC for hybrid cloud and on-prem connectivity
- Automating SD-WAN and cloud interconnects
- Container orchestration infrastructure: EKS, AKS, GKE
- Kubernetes ingress, storage, and networking via IaC
- Database as code: RDS, Cloud SQL, managed Postgres
- Automation of backups, replication, and failover
- Serverless infrastructure: Lambda, Functions, Cloud Run
- Event-driven architecture provisioning
- Monitoring and observability stack automation
- Log aggregation and alerting infrastructure in code
Module 11: GitOps and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management - Introduction to GitOps principles and workflows
- Using Git as the single source of truth
- FluxCD and ArgoCD for GitOps infrastructure sync
- Automated reconciliation loops for infrastructure drift
- Pull request-driven infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and controlled rollouts
- Policy enforcement in GitOps pipelines
- Drift detection and auto-healing mechanisms
- Audit logging of all infrastructure changes
- Rollback via Git commit revert
- Branching strategies: trunk-based vs feature branches
- Tagging and versioning infrastructure releases
- Environment promotion via Git merges
- Automated environment provisioning on branch creation
- Stale environment cleanup policies
- Ephemeral environments for testing and demos
- Cost optimisation through automated teardown
- Change advisory boards in GitOps workflows
- Monitoring GitOps pipeline health
- Scaling GitOps across teams and regions
Module 12: IaC in Enterprise and Large-Scale Environments - Multi-team collaboration patterns with IaC
- Centralised vs decentralised module ownership
- Internal platform teams and internal developer platforms (IDPs)
- Creating self-service infrastructure portals
- Abstraction layers for non-expert users
- Templated environments for developers
- Cost tracking and allocation via tagging
- Budget enforcement using automated alerts
- Capacity planning with IaC forecasting
- Scaling infrastructure for Black Friday or seasonal loads
- Change management and CAB processes in IaC
- Integrating with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
- Infrastructure change calendar management
- Vendor audit readiness using IaC logs
- Automating compliance evidence collection
- Disaster recovery runbooks in code
- Business continuity testing automation
- Global team coordination across time zones
- Standardising IaC across M&A integrations
- Legacy migration strategies using parallel run
Module 13: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey
Module 14: Capstone Project and Real-World Implementation - Designing a production-ready IaC system from scratch
- Choosing the right structure for modularity and reuse
- Implementing secure state management with S3 and DynamoDB
- Creating modules for VPC, compute, and databases
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Integrating static analysis and policy checks
- Automating testing with Terratest and TFLint
- Configuring GitOps workflows with FluxCD
- Setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure
- Implementing disaster recovery automation
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs
- Presenting your solution with a board-ready summary
- Performing a full end-to-end deployment
- Testing rollback and recovery procedures
- Reviewing security and compliance posture
- Optimising for cost and performance
- Getting peer feedback on your design
- Incorporating lessons from real-world outages
- Preparing your project for enterprise adoption
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Securing IaC pipelines end-to-end
- Principle of least privilege in provider configurations
- Using IAM roles and service accounts for automation
- Static code analysis for security misconfigurations
- Integrating Checkov, tfsec, and Snyk into workflows
- Detecting open security groups, unencrypted storage, and public access
- Writing custom policies with OPA and Rego
- Enforcing compliance using Sentinel policies (Terraform Enterprise)
- Automating policy validation in pull requests
- Role-based access control in Terraform workflows
- Audit trails for infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and security patching
- Handling regulatory requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2)
- Infrastructure tagging for cost and compliance tracking
- Automated compliance reporting with IaC
- Security review gates in deployment pipelines
- Eliminating hardcoded credentials and secrets
- Using pre-signed URLs and dynamic credentials
- Network security policies in IaC
- Zero-trust architecture patterns using IaC
Module 8: CI/CD Integration and Automation Pipelines - Integrating IaC into CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI
- Designing pipeline stages: validate, plan, apply
- Automating terraform fmt and validate checks
- Generating and reviewing execution plans safely
- Securing pipeline credentials with OIDC and short-lived tokens
- Implementing manual approval gates for production
- Using merge request workflows for IaC changes
- Drift detection in automated pipelines
- Scheduling periodic plan checks to catch configuration decay
- Automated rollback strategies on failed applies
- Notifying teams of infrastructure changes
- Using webhooks for Slack, Microsoft Teams, and ticketing
- Infrastructure testing within CI pipelines
- Pipeline concurrency and state locking coordination
- Environment promotion using CI triggers
- Parallelising deployment across regions
- Using artefacts to track infrastructure versions
- Creating reusable pipeline templates
- Monitoring pipeline success rate and failure patterns
- Disaster recovery testing via automated rollback
Module 9: Testing and Validation in Infrastructure as Code - Unit testing infrastructure modules with Terratest
- Writing assertions for resource attributes
- Testing across cloud providers and regions
- Integration testing with live environments
- Using mocking and stubbing for API calls
- Automated linting with TFLint
- Validating naming conventions, structure, and style
- Customising TFLint rules for team standards
- Schema validation and syntax checking
- Testing module interoperability
- Baseline testing for security and performance
- Canary deployments with infrastructure testing
- Performance testing infrastructure scalability
- Chaos engineering principles applied to IaC
- Automated snapshot comparisons for drift detection
- Testing rollback procedures before production
- Load testing cloud infrastructure via IaC
- Validating high availability configurations
- Disaster recovery simulation via automated scripts
- Golden path testing for critical infrastructure
Module 10: Advanced Patterns and Real-World Architectures - Designing multi-region, active-active infrastructure
- Automating disaster recovery site provisioning
- Building global application delivery networks with IaC
- Managing DNS and TLS certificates in code
- Automating certificate rotation with ACM and Let's Encrypt
- Multi-account AWS setup with Terraform and AWS Organizations
- Managing Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions
- GCP Folder and Project hierarchy automation
- Networking as code: VPC, peering, transit gateways
- Security group and firewall rule management
- IaC for hybrid cloud and on-prem connectivity
- Automating SD-WAN and cloud interconnects
- Container orchestration infrastructure: EKS, AKS, GKE
- Kubernetes ingress, storage, and networking via IaC
- Database as code: RDS, Cloud SQL, managed Postgres
- Automation of backups, replication, and failover
- Serverless infrastructure: Lambda, Functions, Cloud Run
- Event-driven architecture provisioning
- Monitoring and observability stack automation
- Log aggregation and alerting infrastructure in code
Module 11: GitOps and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management - Introduction to GitOps principles and workflows
- Using Git as the single source of truth
- FluxCD and ArgoCD for GitOps infrastructure sync
- Automated reconciliation loops for infrastructure drift
- Pull request-driven infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and controlled rollouts
- Policy enforcement in GitOps pipelines
- Drift detection and auto-healing mechanisms
- Audit logging of all infrastructure changes
- Rollback via Git commit revert
- Branching strategies: trunk-based vs feature branches
- Tagging and versioning infrastructure releases
- Environment promotion via Git merges
- Automated environment provisioning on branch creation
- Stale environment cleanup policies
- Ephemeral environments for testing and demos
- Cost optimisation through automated teardown
- Change advisory boards in GitOps workflows
- Monitoring GitOps pipeline health
- Scaling GitOps across teams and regions
Module 12: IaC in Enterprise and Large-Scale Environments - Multi-team collaboration patterns with IaC
- Centralised vs decentralised module ownership
- Internal platform teams and internal developer platforms (IDPs)
- Creating self-service infrastructure portals
- Abstraction layers for non-expert users
- Templated environments for developers
- Cost tracking and allocation via tagging
- Budget enforcement using automated alerts
- Capacity planning with IaC forecasting
- Scaling infrastructure for Black Friday or seasonal loads
- Change management and CAB processes in IaC
- Integrating with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
- Infrastructure change calendar management
- Vendor audit readiness using IaC logs
- Automating compliance evidence collection
- Disaster recovery runbooks in code
- Business continuity testing automation
- Global team coordination across time zones
- Standardising IaC across M&A integrations
- Legacy migration strategies using parallel run
Module 13: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey
Module 14: Capstone Project and Real-World Implementation - Designing a production-ready IaC system from scratch
- Choosing the right structure for modularity and reuse
- Implementing secure state management with S3 and DynamoDB
- Creating modules for VPC, compute, and databases
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Integrating static analysis and policy checks
- Automating testing with Terratest and TFLint
- Configuring GitOps workflows with FluxCD
- Setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure
- Implementing disaster recovery automation
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs
- Presenting your solution with a board-ready summary
- Performing a full end-to-end deployment
- Testing rollback and recovery procedures
- Reviewing security and compliance posture
- Optimising for cost and performance
- Getting peer feedback on your design
- Incorporating lessons from real-world outages
- Preparing your project for enterprise adoption
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Unit testing infrastructure modules with Terratest
- Writing assertions for resource attributes
- Testing across cloud providers and regions
- Integration testing with live environments
- Using mocking and stubbing for API calls
- Automated linting with TFLint
- Validating naming conventions, structure, and style
- Customising TFLint rules for team standards
- Schema validation and syntax checking
- Testing module interoperability
- Baseline testing for security and performance
- Canary deployments with infrastructure testing
- Performance testing infrastructure scalability
- Chaos engineering principles applied to IaC
- Automated snapshot comparisons for drift detection
- Testing rollback procedures before production
- Load testing cloud infrastructure via IaC
- Validating high availability configurations
- Disaster recovery simulation via automated scripts
- Golden path testing for critical infrastructure
Module 10: Advanced Patterns and Real-World Architectures - Designing multi-region, active-active infrastructure
- Automating disaster recovery site provisioning
- Building global application delivery networks with IaC
- Managing DNS and TLS certificates in code
- Automating certificate rotation with ACM and Let's Encrypt
- Multi-account AWS setup with Terraform and AWS Organizations
- Managing Azure Management Groups and Subscriptions
- GCP Folder and Project hierarchy automation
- Networking as code: VPC, peering, transit gateways
- Security group and firewall rule management
- IaC for hybrid cloud and on-prem connectivity
- Automating SD-WAN and cloud interconnects
- Container orchestration infrastructure: EKS, AKS, GKE
- Kubernetes ingress, storage, and networking via IaC
- Database as code: RDS, Cloud SQL, managed Postgres
- Automation of backups, replication, and failover
- Serverless infrastructure: Lambda, Functions, Cloud Run
- Event-driven architecture provisioning
- Monitoring and observability stack automation
- Log aggregation and alerting infrastructure in code
Module 11: GitOps and Infrastructure Lifecycle Management - Introduction to GitOps principles and workflows
- Using Git as the single source of truth
- FluxCD and ArgoCD for GitOps infrastructure sync
- Automated reconciliation loops for infrastructure drift
- Pull request-driven infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and controlled rollouts
- Policy enforcement in GitOps pipelines
- Drift detection and auto-healing mechanisms
- Audit logging of all infrastructure changes
- Rollback via Git commit revert
- Branching strategies: trunk-based vs feature branches
- Tagging and versioning infrastructure releases
- Environment promotion via Git merges
- Automated environment provisioning on branch creation
- Stale environment cleanup policies
- Ephemeral environments for testing and demos
- Cost optimisation through automated teardown
- Change advisory boards in GitOps workflows
- Monitoring GitOps pipeline health
- Scaling GitOps across teams and regions
Module 12: IaC in Enterprise and Large-Scale Environments - Multi-team collaboration patterns with IaC
- Centralised vs decentralised module ownership
- Internal platform teams and internal developer platforms (IDPs)
- Creating self-service infrastructure portals
- Abstraction layers for non-expert users
- Templated environments for developers
- Cost tracking and allocation via tagging
- Budget enforcement using automated alerts
- Capacity planning with IaC forecasting
- Scaling infrastructure for Black Friday or seasonal loads
- Change management and CAB processes in IaC
- Integrating with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
- Infrastructure change calendar management
- Vendor audit readiness using IaC logs
- Automating compliance evidence collection
- Disaster recovery runbooks in code
- Business continuity testing automation
- Global team coordination across time zones
- Standardising IaC across M&A integrations
- Legacy migration strategies using parallel run
Module 13: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey
Module 14: Capstone Project and Real-World Implementation - Designing a production-ready IaC system from scratch
- Choosing the right structure for modularity and reuse
- Implementing secure state management with S3 and DynamoDB
- Creating modules for VPC, compute, and databases
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Integrating static analysis and policy checks
- Automating testing with Terratest and TFLint
- Configuring GitOps workflows with FluxCD
- Setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure
- Implementing disaster recovery automation
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs
- Presenting your solution with a board-ready summary
- Performing a full end-to-end deployment
- Testing rollback and recovery procedures
- Reviewing security and compliance posture
- Optimising for cost and performance
- Getting peer feedback on your design
- Incorporating lessons from real-world outages
- Preparing your project for enterprise adoption
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Introduction to GitOps principles and workflows
- Using Git as the single source of truth
- FluxCD and ArgoCD for GitOps infrastructure sync
- Automated reconciliation loops for infrastructure drift
- Pull request-driven infrastructure changes
- Immutable infrastructure and controlled rollouts
- Policy enforcement in GitOps pipelines
- Drift detection and auto-healing mechanisms
- Audit logging of all infrastructure changes
- Rollback via Git commit revert
- Branching strategies: trunk-based vs feature branches
- Tagging and versioning infrastructure releases
- Environment promotion via Git merges
- Automated environment provisioning on branch creation
- Stale environment cleanup policies
- Ephemeral environments for testing and demos
- Cost optimisation through automated teardown
- Change advisory boards in GitOps workflows
- Monitoring GitOps pipeline health
- Scaling GitOps across teams and regions
Module 12: IaC in Enterprise and Large-Scale Environments - Multi-team collaboration patterns with IaC
- Centralised vs decentralised module ownership
- Internal platform teams and internal developer platforms (IDPs)
- Creating self-service infrastructure portals
- Abstraction layers for non-expert users
- Templated environments for developers
- Cost tracking and allocation via tagging
- Budget enforcement using automated alerts
- Capacity planning with IaC forecasting
- Scaling infrastructure for Black Friday or seasonal loads
- Change management and CAB processes in IaC
- Integrating with ITSM tools like ServiceNow
- Infrastructure change calendar management
- Vendor audit readiness using IaC logs
- Automating compliance evidence collection
- Disaster recovery runbooks in code
- Business continuity testing automation
- Global team coordination across time zones
- Standardising IaC across M&A integrations
- Legacy migration strategies using parallel run
Module 13: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey
Module 14: Capstone Project and Real-World Implementation - Designing a production-ready IaC system from scratch
- Choosing the right structure for modularity and reuse
- Implementing secure state management with S3 and DynamoDB
- Creating modules for VPC, compute, and databases
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Integrating static analysis and policy checks
- Automating testing with Terratest and TFLint
- Configuring GitOps workflows with FluxCD
- Setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure
- Implementing disaster recovery automation
- Documenting architecture decisions and trade-offs
- Presenting your solution with a board-ready summary
- Performing a full end-to-end deployment
- Testing rollback and recovery procedures
- Reviewing security and compliance posture
- Optimising for cost and performance
- Getting peer feedback on your design
- Incorporating lessons from real-world outages
- Preparing your project for enterprise adoption
- Earning your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service
- Reviewing key IaC concepts for certification exams
- Terraform Associate exam domain mapping
- Common exam question patterns and how to approach them
- Hands-on practice scenarios for real-world readiness
- Resume and LinkedIn optimisation: showcasing IaC skills
- How to discuss IaC experience in technical interviews
- Presenting IaC projects to hiring managers
- Documenting portfolio-worthy implementations
- Internal advocacy: leading IaC adoption in your team
- Negotiating promotions based on automation impact
- Tracking metrics that prove IaC success
- Speaking at internal tech talks and meetups
- Contributing to open source IaC projects
- Building credibility as a platform enabler
- Transitioning from engineer to architect or SRE
- Creating a personal brand around infrastructure automation
- Using the Certificate of Completion for job applications
- How recruiters evaluate IaC experience
- Networking with DevOps and Cloud communities
- Next steps in your cloud infrastructure journey