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Terraform Cookbook

You're reading from   Terraform Cookbook Efficiently define, launch, and manage Infrastructure as Code across various cloud platforms

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800207554
Length 366 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mikael Krief Mikael Krief
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up the Terraform Environment 2. Writing Terraform Configuration FREE CHAPTER 3. Building Dynamic Environments with Terraform 4. Using the Terraform CLI 5. Sharing Terraform Configuration with Modules 6. Provisioning Azure Infrastructure with Terraform 7. Deep Diving into Terraform 8. Using Terraform Cloud to Improve Collaboration 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using cost estimation for cloud cost resources governance

When we create resources in a cloud architecture, we often tend to forget that this incurs a financial cost that depends on the types of resources that are created. This is even more true with automation and IaC, which allow us to create a multitude of resources using a few commands.

One of the interesting features of the version of Terraform Cloud that's integrated into the paid plan is cost estimation, which makes it possible to visualize the cost of the resources that are handled in the Terraform configuration while it's being run.

In this recipe, we will learn how to use cost estimation in Terraform Cloud.

Getting ready

Before you start this recipe, you must have a paid Terraform Cloud plan or activate the free trial (for a 30-day duration):

After doing this, you need to get to know the cloud providers and the resources that are supported by the cost management functionality. This list is available at https://www...

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