In this lesson we learn most of what there is to learn about Terraform providers. Providers are abstractions over an API that allow us to use the Hashicorp Configuration Language (HCL) to declaratively create resources using Terraform.

In this lesson we look at Infrastructure as Code and we discuss some of the benefits of Terraform compared to other similar tools.

In this lesson we install the Terraform CLI and we run a short Hello-World example to make sure that Terraform works! We will see our first CLI commands and we encounter our first Hashicorp Configuration Language (HCL) file.

This is the introduction to my Terraform Certification course. If you are planning to take the “Hashicorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) exam” this could be the resource you need to pass the exam! This part is just background to why I am writing this course and what content will be covered.