Deploying Infrastructure using Terraform @ GDG Wroclaw

1. Deploying Infrastructure using
Terraform
Pradeep Bhadani
Founder, Cloud Native Technologies
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6th September 2022, GDG Wroclaw

2. About Me
IT Consultant with 11+ years of experience in Big Data, Cloud & DevOps
GDE (Google Developers Expert) - Cloud
Google Cloud Authorized Trainer
Google Cloud Innovator Champion
Blog: pbhadani.com
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3. Services
● Big Data Consultancy
● Cloud & DevOps Consultancy
● Tailored Training and Workshops
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4. Agenda
● Infrastructure Automation
● Introduction to Terraform
● Workstation setup
● Demo: Provision resources
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5. Building & managing infrastructure using scripts, code with no-human or
minimal intervention
Infrastructure Automation
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Faster delivery Improved Reliability Reduced cost Collaboration
Terraform Chef Puppet Salt

6. An approach to manage Systems, Networks or any other Infrastructure objects
through source code
Infrastructure as Code (IAC)
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Consistent Repeatable Change Collaboration

7. Terraform
Terraform allows to build, change and version our infrastructure in an easy and
efficient way.
terraform.io
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8. Open Source
● Open Source and written in golang
github.com/hashicorp/terraform
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9. Terraform features
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Platform agnostic State management Infer dependencies
Execution plan Resource graph Parallel execution

10. Concepts
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11. Plugin to translate API interaction with the service
Authenticate Terraform against Service
Provider
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Provider Name
Attributes

12. Providers
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35official
200+ verified
and many more community providers…
Ref: https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers

13. Describe infrastructure object(s)
Resource
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Resource type
Attributes

14. Read infrastructure information
Data Source
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Name
Arguments

15. Stores information about infrastructure created by Terraform code
○ Local: Stores on local filesystem
○ Remote: Stores on remote storage
■ GCS
■ S3
■ Consul
■ ….
State
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16. Lifecycle
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17. Write Code
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18. Initialize (terraform init)
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19. Execution Plan (terraform plan)
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20. Apply (terraform apply)
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21. Cleanup (terraform destroy)
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22. Workstation
Setup
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23. Terraform Setup (Mac Users)
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Blog: Getting started with Terraform

24. Terraform Setup (Linux Users)
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Blog: Getting started with Terraform

25. gcloud setup
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Blog: Getting started with Google Cloud SDK

26. Architecture Diagram

27. Demo
https://github.com/pradeepbhadani/terraform-webserver
Photo by Chris Ried on Unsplash

28. Image by TeroVesalainen from Pixabay
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29. cntek.io
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