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Terraform Cookbook

You're reading from   Terraform Cookbook Master Infrastructure as Code efficiency with real-world Azure automation using Terraform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804616420
Length 634 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Setting Up the Terraform Environment 2. Writing Terraform Configurations FREE CHAPTER 3. Scaling Your Infrastructure with Terraform 4. Using Terraform with External Data 5. Managing Terraform State 6. Applying a Basic Terraform Workflow 7. Sharing Terraform Configuration with Modules 8. Provisioning Azure Infrastructure with Terraform 9. Getting Starting to Provisioning AWS and GCP Infrastructure Using Terraform 10. Using Terraform for Docker and Kubernetes Deployment 11. Running Test and Compliance Security on Terraform Configuration 12. Deep-Diving into Terraform 13. Automating Terraform Execution in a CI/CD Pipeline 14. Using Terraform Cloud to Improve Team Collaboration 15. Troubleshooting Terraform Errors 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index
Appendix A: Terraform Cheat Sheet 1. Appendix B: Terraform Resources

Testing Terraform module code with Terratest

When developing a Terraform module that will be used in multiple Terraform configurations and shared with other teams, there is one step that is often neglected and that is the testing of the module.

Among the Terraform framework and testing tools is the Terratest framework, and the documentation is available here – https://gruntwork.io/ – which is popular and allows you to write tests in the Go language.

In this recipe, we will study how to use Terratest to write and run integration tests against Terraform configuration and modules.

Let’s get started!

Getting ready

The Terratest test framework is written in Go. That’s why, as a prerequisite, we need to install Go by going to https://golang.org/.

The minimum Go version required for Terratest is specified here: https://terratest.gruntwork.io/docs/getting-started/quick-start/#requirements.

The Go installation depends on your...

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