Terraform Masterclass with Packer, Docker & Github

Name: Terraform Masterclass with Packer, Docker & Github
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Deploy a real world E-Commerce application API with Terraform

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Created byAbdi Ahmed

Last updated 7/2022

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What you'll learn

How to deploy infrastructure with Terraform
How to Dockerize applications with Docker
How to build custom Images for Virtual Machines with Packer
How to create a Continuous Integration & Deployment pipeline with GitHub Actions
How to bring different technologies together to achieve painless automated deployment

Course content

12 sections • 96 lectures • 9h 39m total length

Introduction to the Course7:53
What is DevOps?11:14

Resources0:30
Terraform Modules5:59
How to call a Module7:03
Module Variables 16:05
Learn to make Terraform modules configurable by adding input parameters, replacing hardcoded names with a cluster name variable, and passing environment-specific values (stage and prod) when calling the module.
Module Variables 24:53
Module Locals5:48
Module Output Variables5:59
Module Stage Deploy10:05
Module Prod Deploy10:34

Resources0:05
What is Docker?4:13
Install Docker1:25
Install Docker on your platform using the platform-specific instructions; the Docker client communicates with the Docker daemon to create, manage, and run containers via the command line.
Clone API Repo1:53
Create Docker File Config10:58
Create a dockerfile to containerize a node.js api, using node 16 alpine as the base, copy project files, run npm install, and configure the start command for local use.
Build Docker Image10:28
Learn to build a Docker image from a Dockerfile, tag it for easy reference, run a container with port mapping, and push the image to Docker Hub for reuse.
Push Docker Image5:19

Resources0:26
What is Packer?6:17
Learn how Packer automates building identical virtual machine images, creating golden images, patching, and immutable infrastructure in CI/CD, by using templates, provisions, and AWS AMI workflows.
Install Packer1:18
Install packer across platforms using Homebrew on macOS, Chocolatey on Windows, or Linux instructions; ensure eight seal item and the SC Ally tool are installed before building images with PECO.
Packer Template Structure3:56
Variables4:44
Source Block12:46
Build Block5:48
SSH Key2:27
Generate an SSH key pair, save it in the current directory, and bake the public key into the image during the packer build to enable SSH access after launch.
Add More Provisioners8:18
Run Packer Build 14:58
Run Packer Build 25:04
Verify Image 19:08
Create and verify a packer-built ubuntu image with docker, then deploy a cloud instance via terraform, setting up a vpc, subnets, and a terraform user with an ssh key.
Verify Image 24:57
Verify Image 38:31

IMPORTANT! Please read before starting section!1:15
Clone API Files7:17
Introduction to GitHub Actions3:37
Learn how GitHub Actions provide a first-class, GitHub-integrated CI pipeline that reacts to pushes and pull requests, runs on Linux, Mac, or Windows, and automates builds, tests, and deployments.
YAML File Initial Setup4:46
Add Environments to GitHub Actions10:31
Configure Build Triggers5:00
Configure build triggers in a GitHub workflow to start builds on pushes to master, specific file path changes (dockerfile, workflows, deploy/terraform, packer, source), and pull requests to master.
CI Jobs Overview5:30
Add First Job: API Tests11:36
Add Docker Build & Push Job7:36
GitHub Actions Docs1:41
Add AMI Build Job11:49
Deployment Architecture Overview4:03

Terraform Module Backend Config4:50
Create Terraform Stage & Prod Backend11:33
Create Terraform Stage & Prod Backend 28:44
VPC Config9:34
Load Balancer Config9:45
Configure a load balancer in a VPC to expose a web server cluster via HTTPS and HTTP, manage security groups and subnets, and enable auto scaling.
User Data Config7:45
ASG Config 19:38
Utilize a terraform data template to render user data for an auto scaling group, fetch the latest Nomad AMI via a data source, and configure security groups, logs, and lifecycle.
ASG Config 24:50
Route 53 Domain Management0:08
Custom Doman Name 14:46
Custom Domain Name 29:03
Stage Environment Execute Module11:19
CloudWatch Role Policy11:04

Requirements

Terminal basics
Git & Github
Programming basics
Basic bash
Basic Networking

Description

Deployment is usually one of the aspects that is tackled last when it comes to application development, and until only recently deployment experience for both Developers and Operations teams was very painful.

To this end, DevOps practices have now been adopted quite widely, and in a nutshell, DevOps is the intersection between Development and Operations.

A lot of tools have been created to tackle the pain points of making a deployment and these fall into different categories, like configuration tools, server templating, and Infrastructure as Code to mention a few.

Now in a lot of tutorials and courses, the focus is on learning and using these tools individually without any real world context. This means that you will need to use these different tools together yourself, and this can be difficult to use them in a real world context.

In this course we will be making a hands on deployment of an E-commerce Node API application with a custom SSL domain using a combination of the deployments tools that are available. These include:

Git Version control
Linux
Bash Scripts
Terraform
Docker
Packer
Continuous Integration - GitHub Actions
AWS

We're going to use all of these tools together to make an automated deployment without any manual steps such as configuring infrastructure resources in the UI console. We're also going to have the advantage of versioning our infrastructure in Git, which means that should there be any issues we can simply roll back the infrastructure deployed to a previous state very easily.

Who this course is for:

Software Engineers
DevOps Engineers
Any individual who want to make a painless deployment for an API

Terraform Masterclass with Packer, Docker & Github

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Introduction2 lectures • 19min

Terraform: Basics10 lectures • 54min

Terraform: Deploy Cluster of Webservers12 lectures • 1hr 8min

Terraform: State7 lectures • 35min

Terraform: Modules9 lectures • 57min

Docker7 lectures • 34min

Packer14 lectures • 1hr 19min

CI/CD1 lecture • 7min

API Deployment 112 lectures • 1hr 15min

Environment Terraform Resource Config13 lectures • 1hr 43min

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