An in-depth guide to everything Terraform, complete with newly established best practices and experienced insights into Infrastructure as Code.Terraform and its open-source fork OpenTofu’s “Infrastructure as Code (IaC)” approach has redefined the way you manage your infrastructure. Its premise is simple-yet-awesome: provision, update, scale, and replicate your infrastructure with the same ease as your application code. In Terraform in Depth, you’ll discover absolutely everything you need to automate and manage your infrastructure with just a few lines of code.Inside Terraform in Depth, you’ll learn how to:Understand and write basic Terraform codeAvoid vendor lock-in with the open source OpenTofuSwitch between OpenTofu and Terraform as neededConstruct continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for TerraformOrganize Terraform projects and modules for team-based, production useDevelop and test robust Terraform modulesCreate custom Terraform providersTerraform in Depth is fully up to date with the latest versions, standards, and approaches of Terraform and OpenTofu. Complete and comprehensive, its one-stop approach covers everything from Terraform and OpenTofu’s absolute basics all the way to advanced production uses. Every technique is illustrated with the kind of real-world examples infrastructure engineers encounter every day.Forewords by Anton Babenko and Christian Mesh.About the technologyTerraform and its open-source fork OpenTofu practically eliminate manual infrastructure configuration. With the Terraform infrastructure management tool, even complex operations that used to require kludgy scripts and time-sucking tinkering can be created, managed, and shared as an organized codebase. Master Terraform, and you’ll be able to update a fleet of machines with just a few lines of code.About the bookTerraform in Depth teaches Terraform techniques and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices that you can use to deploy and manage applications in the cloud or your on-prem data center. Each chapter includes interesting hands-on examples, such as creating a flexible Terraform module and debugging Terraform plans. You’ll quickly learn to define your infrastructure with Terraform. Then, you’ll dive into advanced applications, including CI/CD pipelines, creating tools for documentation and security, and Terraform code management.What's insideUnderstand and write basic Terraform codeAvoid vendor lock-in with OpenTofuConstruct CI/CD pipelinesDevelop and test Terraform modulesAbout the readerFor sysadmins, software developers, and cloud engineers famil- iar with the CLI.About the authorRobert Hafner has led engineering efforts at numerous startups, including Malwarebytes, Vicarious AI, and Rad AI. He is currently a Distinguished Engineer at a Fortune 100 Telecom. Table of ContentsPart 11 A brief overview of Terraform2 Terraform HCL components3 Terraform variables and modules4 Expressions and iterations5 The Terraform planPart 26 State management7 Code quality and continuous integration8 Continuous delivery and deployment9 Testing and refactoringPart 310 Advanced Terraform topics11 Alternative interfaces12 Terraform providers