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Day 4: Mastering Basic Infrastructure with Terraform

Overview

Welcome to Day 4 of the Terraform 30-Day Challenge! Today, we’re building on the knowledge from Day 3 by mastering the deployment of basic infrastructure. You'll dive deeper into Terraform's features by deploying configurable and clustered web servers.

Tasks for Today

1. Reading

• Chapter: Chapter 2 of "Terraform: Up & Running" by Yevgeniy Brikman.
  • Pages: 60 - the first part of page 70.
• Goal: Gain a deeper understanding of deploying infrastructure using Terraform. Understanding "DRY" concept

2. Videos

• Udemy: Watch the following videos:
  • Rewatch Day 3 videos (Videos 11, 12, and 13) to reinforce your understanding.
  • "Input Variables" (Video 17)
  • "Local Variables" (Video 18)
• Goal: Learn how to use input and local variables in Terraform for more flexible and reusable configurations.

3. Activity

• Deploy Configurable Web Server: Use Terraform to deploy a configurable web server.
• Deploy Clustered Web Server: Set up a clustered web server using Terraform and understand the difference between a configurable and a clustered web server.
• Explore Documentation: Dive into Terraform's documentation on providers, resource blocks, input/output variables and the Terraform workflow.
• Goal: Master deploying highly available infrastructure using Terraform.

4. Blog Post

• Title: "Deploying a Highly Available Web App on AWS Using Terraform"

5. Social Media Post

• Text: "🔥 Deployed a highly available web app today! I'm beginning to enjoy the benefits of IaC. #30daytfchallenge #HUG #hashicorp #HUGYDE @chiche #IaC"

How to Submit Your Work

Hint: syncfork -> create day 4 branch -> create your day4-update.md file -> commit -> pull request

1. Update the daily-update.md File

• Open the Day4/daily-update.md file.
• Add your name, the task you completed, and the date and time of completion.

2. Commit Your Changes

• Stage and commit your changes in the daily-update.md file with a message like:

  git add Day4/daily-update.md
  git commit -m "Completed Day 4 task and updated daily-update.md"

3. Create a Pull Request

• Push your changes to your GitHub repository:

  git push origin day4-mastering-basic-infrastructure

• Create a pull request using the provided template and include any relevant details or links.

Checklist

• I have read pages 60 - 69 of Chapter 2 in "Terraform: Up & Running".
• I have watched and rewatched the required Udemy videos.
• I have deployed a configurable web server using Terraform.
• I have deployed a clustered web server using Terraform.
• I have explored Terraform documentation on providers, resource blocks, and the workflow.
• I have written and published a blog post about today's task.
• I have made a social media post about today's task.
• I have updated the daily-update.md file with my details.
• I have created a pull request with all the required details.

Additional Resources

• Terraform Documentation - For exploring providers, resource blocks, and workflows.
• Terraform: Up & Running on Amazon
• Udemy Course on Terraform

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30-Day Terraform Challenge 🚀

Welcome to the 30-Day Terraform Challenge organized by the HashiCorp User Group - Yaoundé! This repository contains all the resources, daily tasks, and discussions for the challenge.

📅 Challenge Timeline

• Start Date: August 17, 2024
• End Date: September 16, 2024

🛠 Resources

• Book: Terraform: Up & Running
• Course: Udemy Course by Bryan Krausen
• Documentation: Official Terraform Documentation
• Practice Exams: Bryan Krausen’s Practice Exam on Udemy

📚 Daily Tasks and Check-Ins

• We will update this section with daily tasks and links to the corresponding resources.

👥 How to Participate

• Fork this repository to your GitHub account.
• Complete the daily tasks and submit your progress through pull requests or share your work in the discussions.

🎉 Stay Connected

• Join the conversation in the Discussions tab.
• Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and announcements.

📧 Contact Us

• If you have any questions or need help, feel free to post them in the discussion forum.

Let's conquer Terraform together! 🌟

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