Introduction to OpenTofu
Workshop
Configuring infrastructure manually is error-prone, hard to track and barely scalable in a team. OpenTofu solves this: you define infrastructure as code, version it in Git and provision reproducibly across any cloud platform. As an open-source fork of Terraform under the MPL 2.0 license, OpenTofu offers full compatibility with the existing provider ecosystem and brings its own features that Terraform does not have. On day one, you learn OpenTofu from the ground up: you write your first HCL configurations, connect OpenTofu to a cloud provider and provision a dedicated VM with security group and
Workshop overview
Duration, per-participant price and logistics for Introduction to OpenTofu.
Introduction to OpenTofu
Duration: 3 days (09:00 – 16:00 CET/CEST)
Participants: Max. 8 people
Format: Online or on-site
Language: German (English on request)
Certificate: ayedo certificate of attendance
On-site options
Live online or on-site at your location
In-house: content, duration and focus can be tailored
Flexible dates, from 1 participant
German; English on request
Preconfigured cloud lab (also on-site)
Open groups: max. 8 people
Seat price same as online: €721.50 × days, excl. VAT
On-site in-house: individual quote (travel/logistics as incurred)
No published flat on-site surcharge
You provide the training room and internet
Open sessions: 09:00–16:00 (CET/CEST)
Curriculum
Topics by day at a glance.
Day 1: Understand IaC, set up OpenTofu and provision your first infrastructure
Day 2: Manage state, encrypt it and build reusable modules
Day 3: Test, automate and migrate from Terraform
Workshop schedule
Published daily rhythm. Topics are listed in the curriculum.
09:00–16:00 (CET/CEST)
Official window for open sessions.
09:00 – Introductions
On day 1: meet the instructor and participants, plus the agenda and workshop structure.
09:00 – Q&A
On later days, resolve open questions from the previous day before the day’s topics (usually 09:00–09:30 or 09:00–10:00).
Content blocks follow the curriculum
Theory and hands-on in the morning and afternoon blocks. The topic list is in the curriculum above.
12:00–13:00 – Lunch
A shared break before the afternoon.
16:00–16:30 – Q&A
End of the day: questions, exchange and wrap-up.
Prerequisites
What participants should bring.
Hardware
Your own notebook (Linux, macOS or Windows) with permission to install software. Devices available at extra cost.
Environment
Each participant works in a provided cloud lab. Local installation of the training stack is not required.
Prerequisites
Basic Linux/terminal skills are helpful.
Related workshops
Suggested follow-on courses from the catalog.
Introduction to Terraform
Duration: 3 days
Introduction to Ansible
Duration: 3 days