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Infrastructure as Code for Beginners

Deploy and manage your cloud-based services with Terraform and Ansible

Russ McKendrick

Created by Russ McKendrick

Explore how to automate cloud infrastructure deployment and management using practical Infrastructure as Code techniques. Learn to use popular tools like Terraform and Ansible to streamline your workflows and ensure consistency across cloud platforms. Gain confidence in choosing and implementing the right solutions for your projects.

Packt | May 2023 | 222 min

What You Will Learn

You will build skills by working through hands-on projects and real-world scenarios, starting with foundational concepts and moving into tool selection, deployment, and integration. Each step is designed to help you apply what you learn directly to your own cloud infrastructure challenges.

Key Features

  • Learn to automate cloud deployments with Terraform and Ansible for efficiency
  • Integrate Infrastructure as Code into CI/CD workflows for reliable releases
  • Apply best practices to manage resources on Azure and AWS confidently

Target Audience

Perfect for cloud engineers, software developers, and system administrators who already deploy resources in AWS or Azure. If you have basic scripting and version control experience, you will benefit from learning how to automate and manage cloud environments more effectively.

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