Terraform for Microsoft Azure Training in Dublin, Ireland

This hands-on course focuses on leveraging Terraform to provision, manage, and automate infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. Participants will learn how to define cloud resources using HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL), integrate Terraform with Azure services, manage state, use modules, and follow DevOps best practices for infrastructure management. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to deploy scalable, repeatable, and version-controlled infrastructure using Terraform.

Course Agenda

Introduction & Setup

• Overview of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Introduction to Terraform and HCL

• Installing and configuring Terraform

• Azure provider setup and authentication (Service Principal)

• First Terraform script to provision Azure resources

Core Terraform Concepts

• Variables and Outputs

• Data sources and locals

• Terraform State management (local vs remote)

• Backends with Azure Blob Storage

• Resource dependencies and lifecycle rules

Advanced Terraform & Azure

• Modules and DRY principles

• Conditional expressions and dynamic blocks

• Using Terraform workspaces for environment separation

• Terraform in CI/CD (Azure DevOps & GitHub Actions)

• Secrets and sensitive data management using Key Vault

Best Practices & Real-World Scenarios

• Error handling and troubleshooting

• Team collaboration with Terraform

• Azure Resource Group deployment scenario (multi-tier architecture)

• Policy enforcement and validation (Terraform validate, fmt, and Sentinel)

• Final project/case study: Deploy complete Azure infrastructure using modules