Introduction to Terraform
Workshop

Configuring infrastructure manually is error-prone, hard to track and barely scalable in a team. Terraform solves this: you define infrastructure as code, version it in Git and provision reproducibly across any cloud platform. On day one, you learn Terraform from the ground up: you write your first HCL configurations, connect Terraform to a cloud provider and provision a dedicated VM with security group and public IP. Afterward, you work confidently with variables, outputs and the Terraform workflow. Day two focuses on structure and collaboration: you configure remote state with locking, impor

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Workshop overview

Duration, per-participant price and logistics for Introduction to Terraform.

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

Day-by-day agenda and topics from the official syllabus.

Day 1: Understand IaC, set up Terraform and provision your first infrastructure

  • What is Infrastructure as Code?
  • HCL basics and your first resource
  • Providers and the Terraform workflow
  • Variables, outputs and locals
  • Hands-on: Your first cloud infrastructure
Day 1

Day 2: Understand state, build modules and structure infrastructure

  • State management in detail
  • Declarative state operations
  • Writing and using modules
  • Workspaces and project structure
  • Hands-on: Multi-tier infrastructure with modules
Day 2

Day 3: Test, automate and work production-ready

  • Expressions and control structures
  • Testing Terraform
  • Security and secrets
  • CI/CD and team workflows
  • Hands-on: Final project
Day 3

Workshop schedule

Published daily rhythm. Topics are listed in the curriculum.

09:00–16:00 (CET/CEST)

Official window for open sessions.

Frame

09:00 – Introductions

On day 1: meet the instructor and participants, plus the agenda and workshop structure.

Day 1

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).

Later days

Content blocks follow the curriculum

Theory and hands-on in the morning and afternoon blocks. The topic list is in the curriculum above.

Topics

12:00–13:00 – Lunch

A shared break before the afternoon.

Break

16:00–16:30 – Q&A

End of the day: questions, exchange and wrap-up.

Close

Prerequisites

What participants should bring.

Hardware

Your own notebook (Linux, macOS or Windows) with permission to install software. Devices available at extra cost.

HardwareNotebook

Environment

Each participant works in a provided cloud lab. Local installation of the training stack is not required.

LabCloud

Prerequisites

Basic Linux/terminal skills are helpful.

Prerequisites

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