HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004)

Objective 1. Explain what IaC is, the advantages of IaC patterns, and how Terraform enables multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and service-agnostic workflows.

• Understand IaC concepts and Terraform's multi-cloud, service-agnostic value

Objective 2. Install and version providers, describe how Terraform uses providers, write configuration with multiple providers, and understand how Terraform uses and manages state.

• Terraform fundamentals (providers: install/version/use; multiple providers; state basics)

Objective 3. The write/plan/apply workflow: init, validate, plan, apply, destroy, and fmt.

• Core Terraform workflow (init, validate, plan, apply, destroy, fmt)

Objective 4. resource vs data blocks, resource attributes and cross-references, variables and outputs, complex types, expressions and functions, dependencies, custom conditions, and managing sensitive data (including Vault).

• Terraform configuration (resource/data blocks, variables/outputs, expressions, dependencies, sensitive data)

Objective 5. How Terraform sources modules, variable scope within modules, using modules in configuration, and managing module versions.

• Terraform modules (sources, variable scope, usage, version management)

Objective 6. The local backend, state locking, configuring remote state with the backend block, and managing resource drift and state.

• State management (backends, state locking, remote state, drift management)

Objective 7. Importing existing infrastructure, inspecting state with the CLI, and using verbose logging.

• Maintain infrastructure (import, CLI state inspection, verbose logging)

Objective 8. Using HCP Terraform to create infrastructure, its collaboration and governance features, organizing workspaces and projects, and configuring integrations.

• HCP Terraform (create infrastructure, collaboration/governance, workspaces/projects, integrations)