To get the most out of this book

The following is the list of software/hardware prerequisites for this book:

Software	OS requirements
Terraform Cli , version ≥1.5	Any OS
Terraform Cloud	NA (Browser)
Azure	Any Browser
Python version ≥ 3.11	Any OS
PowerShell scripting	Any OS
Shell scripting	Linux / WSL / MacOS
Golang Version ≥1.20	Any OS
Azure CLI	Any OS
Azure DevOps	Any Browser
GitHub	Any Browser
Git	Any OS
Ruby version ≥ 3.0.0	Any OS
Docker	Any OS
Terragrunt	Any OS
Jq	Any OS
Infracost	Any OS
kubectl / Helm	Any OS
Node.js	Any OS

Download the example code files

The code bundle for the book is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Terraform-Cookbook-Second-Edition. We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://packt.link/P7a3G.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. For example: “Execute the terraform graph command:”

A block of code is set as follows:

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "rg-app" {
  name     = "RG-APP-${terraform.workspace}"
  location = "westeurope"

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

terraform {
  backend "azurerm" {
    resource_group_name  = "RG-TFBACKEND"
    storage_account_name = "storagetfbackend"
    container_name       = "tfstate"
    key                  = "myapp.tfstate"
    access_key           = xxxxxx-xxxxx-xxx-xxxxx
  }
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

terraform init

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. For example: “Select System info from the Administration panel.”

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.