Workshop: Introduction to Terraform and Google Cloud Platform

1. Introduction to Terraform and
Google Cloud Platform
Pradeep Bhadani
Founder, Cloud Native Technologies
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3rd June 2020, BCS SPA SG

2. About Me
IT Consultant with 8+ years of experience in Big Data, Cloud & DevOps
GDE (Google Developers Expert) - Cloud
Google Cloud Authorized Trainer
HashiCorp Ambassador
Blog: pbhadani.com
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3. Services
● Big Data Consultancy
● Cloud & DevOps Consultancy
● Tailored Training and Workshops
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4. Agenda
● Introduction to Terraform
○ Lifecycle
○ Setup
● Introduction to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
○ gcloud setup
○ Console UI
○ Cloud Shell
● Demo
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5. Terraform
Terraform allows to build, change and version our infrastructure in an easy and
efficient way.
terraform.io
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6. Terraform features
● Infrastructure as Code
● State of Infrastructure with CRUD operations
● Infer dependencies
● Execution plan
● Resource graph
● Parallel execution
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7. Terraform concepts
● Providers: API interaction and authentication
● Resource: Describe infrastructure object(s)
● Module: Collection of resources defined in a way
● Data Source: Read infrastructure information
● State: Stores information about infrastructure created by Terraform code
○ Local: Stores on local filesystem
○ Remote: Stores on remote storage - GCS, S3, Consul etc.
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8. Benefits
● Code reuse
● Easy resource management
● Resource tagging
● Savings - $$$$ and time
● Consistency
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9. Terraform Lifecycle
Init
terraform init
Plan
terraform plan
Apply
terraform apply
Destroy
terraform destroy
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10. Terraform Setup (Mac Users)
$> brew install terraform
$> terraform -help
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Blog: Getting started with Terraform

11. Terraform Setup (Linux Users)
$> wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.12.26/terraform_0.12.26_linux_amd64.zip
-O /tmp/terraform.zip
$> terraform --help
$> sudo unzip /tmp/terraform.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
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12. gcloud setup
$> curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
$> exec -l $SHELL
$> gcloud init
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Blog: Getting started with Google Cloud SDK

13. Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Collection of service like Compute, Storage, Management, Big Data, Machine
Learning, Networking, etc.. provided by Google.
cloud.google.com
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14. Few Services offered by GCP
Compute
Cloud
Functions
Cloud RunApp EngineCompute
Engine
Kubernetes
Engine
Management
Stackdriver Cloud Shell Cloud
Billing API
Logging Cloud APIs
Networking
Virtual Private
Cloud
Cloud Load
Balancing
Cloud
Router
Cloud Armor Cloud
Network
Storage
Cloud
Storage
Cloud
Spanner
Cloud
Firestore
Cloud SQL Cloud
Filestore
Refer here for full list of GCP Products & Services
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15. Demo
Photo by Markus Spiske on UnsplashPhoto by Alex Litvin on Unsplash
github.com/CloudNativeTech/gdg-terraform-gcp-workshop

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