Terraform for Google Cloud Essential Guide: Learn How to Provision Infrastructure in Google Cloud Securely and Efficiently

Cover
Title page
Copyright and credits
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Learning the Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Terraform on Google Cloud
	Technical requirements
	The rise of DevOps
		Infrastructure as Code
		Terraform
	Running Terraform in Google Cloud Shell
	Terraform language
	Terraform workflow
	Running Terraform in your local environment
		Authentication using a service account
		Authentication using a service account and environment variable
		Service account impersonation
	Parameterizing Terraform
	Comparing authentication methods
	Summary
Chapter 2: Exploring Terraform
	Technical requirements
	Understanding the Terraform state
		Interacting with the Terraform state
		Understanding destructive changes
		Avoiding configuration drift
		Additional state commands
	Using the backend state
	Understanding Terraform meta-arguments
		The provider meta-argument
		The count meta-argument
		The for_each meta-argument
		The depends_on meta-argument
		The lifecycle meta-argument
	Using the self_link attribute
	Summary
Chapter 3: Writing Efficient Terraform Code
	Technical requirements
	Terraform types and values
	Using Terraform expressions
		Dynamic blocks
		Conditional expressions
	Terraform functions
	Referencing existing data using data sources
	Using output values
	Tips to develop Terraform code efficiently
	Summary
Chapter 4: Writing Reusable Code Using Modules
	Technical requirements
	Building modules
	Writing flexible modules
	Sharing modules using Google Cloud Storage and Git repositories
	Using public module repositories
	Summary
Chapter 5: Managing Environments
	Technical requirements
	Google resource hierarchy
	Using workspaces to manage environments
	Using a directory structure to manage environments
	Using remote states
	Using template files
	Managing Terraform at scale
	Summary
Part 2: Completing the Picture
Chapter 6: Deploying a Traditional Three-Tier Architecture
	Technical requirements
	Overview
	Laying the foundation
	Provisioning the database
	Provisioning a MIG and global load balancer
	Summary
Chapter 7: Deploying a Cloud-Native Architecture Using Cloud Run
	Technical requirements
	Overview
	Provisioning Redis and connecting it via a VPC connector
	Using Terraform to configure a flexible load balancer for Cloud Run
	Using Terraform to provision Cloud Run services
	To Terraform or not to Terraform
	Summary
Chapter 8: Deploying GKE Using Public Modules
	Technical requirements
	Overview
	Developing a variable strategy
	Provisioning a network using the public module
	Provisioning a GKE cluster using the public module
	Using workspaces to deploy to development and production environments
	Summary
Part 3: Wrapping It Up
Chapter 9: Developing Terraform Code Efficiently
	Technical requirements
	VS Code Terraform Extension
		Syntax highlighting and validation
		Intelligent auto-completion
		Code navigation
	tflint
	Checkov
	Terragrunt
	Summary
Chapter 10: Google Cloud Integration
	Technical requirements
	Using Terraform with Cloud Build
	Building a service catalog with Terraform solutions
	Importing and exporting Terraform resources
		Google Cloud export
	Summary
	Closing thoughts
Index
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