Lesson 1: Terraform Foundations and Amazon Web Services Provider Setup
Lesson Overview
Build a reliable Terraform workflow and connect securely to Amazon Web Services using provider configuration, authentication, and reusable project structure.
Topics Covered
Infrastructure as Code and Terraform workflow
Terraform installation, CLI, HCL, and project structure
Amazon Web Services provider authentication and configuration
Providers, resources, data sources, and dependency graph
Formatting, validation, planning, applying, and destroying infrastructure
VPCs, subnets, route tables, gateways, and security groups
EC2, IAM, S3, load balancers, and autoscaling concepts
Practical Activity
Configure a secure Amazon Web Services provider connection.
Create and validate a first Terraform configuration.
Review an execution plan before applying changes.
Key Takeaways
Use the standard Terraform workflow confidently.
Authenticate and provision resources in Amazon Web Services.
Validate infrastructure changes before deployment.
