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Welcome to Mastering Terraform Cloud, a comprehensive course that guides you through adopting Infrastructure as Code at scale with Terraform Cloud by HashiCorp. You’ll learn how Terraform Cloud empowers teams with collaboration, automation, and a reliable execution environment for your Terraform configurations.

Your Instructors

Gabe Maentz
Director of Solution Architecture specializing in HashiCorp products and DevOps solutions. Gabe has led in-depth courses on Terraform, Vault, Consul, and Git integrations. A HashiCorp Ambassador (2022) and Terraform Authorized Instructor, he’s helped thousands streamline their Infrastructure as Code practices.

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Bryan Krausen
Principal Solutions Architect focusing on the HashiCorp suite and DevOps transformations. Also a HashiCorp Ambassador and Terraform Authorized Instructor, Bryan will handle backend demos and make guest appearances throughout this course.

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Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Objective	Outcome
Understand core features of Terraform Cloud	Leverage remote state, VCS integrations, and remote runs
Create and configure Terraform Cloud organizations	Set up Workspaces, Teams, and access controls
Automate deployments	Implement workflow automation and webhooks
Enforce Policy as Code	Integrate Sentinel or Open Policy Agent for governance
Use the Private Module Registry	Share and version reusable Terraform modules
Integrate CI/CD	Connect Terraform Cloud to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
Interact with the Terraform Cloud API	Script organization and workspace setup
Automate org setup	Use Terraform to manage Terraform Cloud itself

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Learning Materials

This course includes a mix of:

Material	Description
Lectures	Concept walkthroughs and feature overviews
Hands-On Labs	Preconfigured environments with step-by-step lab guides
Demos	Live demonstrations of Terraform Cloud workflows
Solution Videos	Expert-led walkthroughs of best practices and troubleshooting

Note

After each Hands-On Lab, watch the corresponding Solution Video to reinforce your Terraform Cloud skills.

Course Topics

Explore these key Terraform Cloud features:

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Organization & Workspace setup
Version control integrations (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
Automated runs, notifications, and webhooks
Policy as Code with Sentinel or OPA
Private Module Registry usage
CI/CD pipeline collaboration
Terraform Cloud API interactions
Organization automation via API calls

Assumptions & Prerequisites

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To maximize your learning, you should have:

Intermediate Terraform CLI experience and familiarity with HCL
Basic AWS knowledge (VPCs, EC2, IAM, S3)
Version control comfort (Git workflows and branching)

Free Hands-On Labs

We’ve partnered with KodeKloud to offer free, sandboxed labs preloaded with all required code and tools.

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Required Accounts

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Account	Purpose	Reference
Terraform Cloud	Remote state, runs, VCS integration	https://app.terraform.io/signup
GitHub (or GitLab)	Store and version control infrastructure code	https://github.com/join
AWS	Deploy infrastructure using AWS Free Tier	https://aws.amazon.com/free/

Warning

Use admin-level AWS credentials for labs, and remember to clean up resources after each session to avoid unexpected charges.

Terraform Cloud Free Trial

Most lessons use the free tier of Terraform Cloud, which includes remote state storage, Private Module Registry, and VCS integration. To access Team & Governance features, activate your 30-day free trial—no credit card required.

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Note

We recommend completing this course within your trial period to explore all Terraform Cloud tiers and features.

What You’ll Achieve

By course completion, you will:

Confidently navigate and configure Terraform Cloud services
Integrate Terraform Cloud into team workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Migrate existing Terraform deployments to Terraform Cloud
Automate your organization’s Terraform Cloud setup

Let’s dive in and harness the full power of Terraform Cloud!

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