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Mastering Terraform

You're reading from   Mastering Terraform A practical guide to building and deploying infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835086018
Length 494 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Part 1: Foundations of Terraform FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Understanding Terraform Architecture 3. Chapter 2: Using HashiCorp Configuration Language 4. Chapter 3: Harnessing HashiCorp Utility Providers 5. Part 2: Concepts of Cloud Architecture and Automation
6. Chapter 4: Foundations of Cloud Architecture – Virtual Machines and Infrastructure-as-a-Services 7. Chapter 5: Beyond VMs – Core Concepts of Containers and Kubernetes 8. Chapter 6: Connecting It All Together – GitFlow, GitOps, and CI/CD 9. Part 3: Building Solutions on AWS
10. Chapter 7: Getting Started on AWS – Building Solutions with AWS EC2 11. Chapter 8: Containerize with AWS – Building Solutions with AWS EKS 12. Chapter 9: Go Serverless with AWS – Building Solutions with AWS Lambda 13. Part 4: Building Solutions on Azure
14. Chapter 10: Getting Started on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Virtual Machines 15. Chapter 11: Containerize on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Kubernetes Service 16. Chapter 12: Go Serverless on Azure – Building Solutions with Azure Functions 17. Part 5: Building Solutions on Google Cloud
18. Chapter 13: Getting Started on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with GCE 19. Chapter 14: Containerize on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with GKE 20. Chapter 15: Go Serverless on Google Cloud – Building Solutions with Google Cloud Functions 21. Part 6: Day 2 Operations and Beyond
22. Chapter 16: Already Provisioned? Strategies for Importing Existing Environments 23. Chapter 17: Managing Production Environments with Terraform 24. Chapter 18: Looking Ahead – Certification, Emerging Trends, and Next Steps 25. Index 26. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with container registries

A container registry is just a server-side application that acts as central storage and allows you to distribute container images to the host machines that need to run them. This approach is advantageous when leveraging a CI/CD pipeline where you need a central location to pull down your container images.

They often provide versioning, labeling, and sharing mechanisms that let you keep track of different versions of your container images, maintain stable releases, and share images with others—either within your organization or publicly.

Just as with git, anybody can set up a container registry on their own, but several managed services provide best-in-class service offerings on each of the respective clouds. There is also a cloud-agnostic and community-oriented solution: Docker Hub. Docker Hub is the default registry where Docker looks for images, and you can use it for both images you want to share publicly or keep private for internal...

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