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Configuring Implicit Dependencies in Terraform

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: Up to 40 minutes
Students: 3,700
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Description

Terraform uses graph theory to plot relationships between resources. This mathematical process is used to determine the necessary steps to take for provisioning and destroying infrastructure. Understanding how to create resource dependencies within Terraform configurations is crucial for Terraform developers. It can prevent headaches in the future with timing issues and bugs in infrastructure deployments.

In this lab, you will learn how to create implicit dependencies between resources and experience firsthand what happens when Terraform resource dependencies are overlooked.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this beginner-level lab, you will be able to:

  • Understand the order in which Terraformd deploys resources
  • Troubleshoot Terraform dependency issues

Intended audience

  • Individuals studying for the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate exam
  • Cloud Engineers
  • DevOps Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

  • Amazon DynamoDB

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

Updates

September 21, 2023 - Lab updated to utilize CodeTour IDE

April 24th, 2023 - Resolved IDE delay

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Environment after

Covered topics

Deployment
DevOps
Terraform

Lab steps

Creating Implicit Dependencies in Terraform

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