Terraform with Oracle Cloud — Lesson 3: Compute, Storage, Database Services, and Reusable Modules

Technical Scope

• Compute shapes, images, metadata, and instance configuration
• Block volumes, object storage, and encryption choices
• Managed database provisioning concepts and dependencies
• Module design, outputs, and service composition

Instructor Demonstration

Deploy a compute and storage pattern and connect it to a service endpoint.

Applied Workshop

Create a reusable OCI compute module with optional block storage.

1. Translate the scenario into configuration, access, state, pipeline, or module decisions.
2. Implement the change in a controlled workspace or repository.
3. Capture the plan, logs, outputs, policy results, and post-change checks.
4. Explain one safer or more maintainable alternative and its trade-off.

Validation Standard

Resources are available in the selected domain and module outputs support operations.

• The intended target, identity, environment, and state boundary are confirmed.
• The plan or execution evidence contains no unexplained destructive action.
• Security, reliability, maintainability, and operational ownership are reviewed.
• The final result can be reproduced from version-controlled inputs.

Failure Analysis

Fix shape availability, image compatibility, volume attachment, database prerequisites, and module wiring.

Learners isolate the smallest verified cause, correct it, rerun the relevant validation step, and record the preventive action in the course improvement log.