notsharath / hashicorp_azure_training

This repository provides a powerpoint deck and challenges to gain practical hands on experience with HashiCorp Terraform and Vault with Microsoft Azure

HashiCorp Azure Training

This repository includes a six hour training to be delivered in person for customers interested in learning more about the HashiCorp suite in conjuction with Microsoft Azure.

Agenda

9:00-9:15 - Welcome & light breakfast
9:15-9:30 - Introductions
9:30-10:00 - HashiCorp Overview
10:00-10:15 - Terraform Overview, advantages vs ARM Templates, and Azure story
10:15-10:30 - Exercise 0 - Setup
10:30-10:45 - Basic Commands, and the State File
10:45-11:05 - Exercise 1 - Resources and State File
11:05-11:15 - Break
11:15-11:25 - Interpolations
11:25-11:40 - Exercise 2 - Interpolations
11:40-11:50 - Variables and Outputs
11:50-12:10 - Exercise 3 - Variables, Outputs, Locals, Functions
12:10-12:20 - Data Sources
12:20-12:35 - Exercise 4 - Data Sources
12:35-1:15 - Lunch
1:15-1:25 - Modules and Resource Addressing
1:25-1:55 - Exercise 5 and 6 - Modules and Virtual Machines
1:55-2:10 - Remote State, and Terraform Enterprise
2:10-2:40 - Exercise 7 - Remote State and TFE
2:40-2:50 - Break
2:50-3:10 - Vault Overview
3:10-end - Exercise 8 - Vault Setup, Auth methods, Azure Integration, Key/Value, Dynamic Secrets, Transit Encryption, Policies, Namespaces, Sentinel

Prerequisites

Before beginning this training, each participate should have basic working knowledge of the following concepts. Links to introductory training is provided:

1. Azure Fundamentals: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-fundamentals/
2. Github: https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/

Each participate should also have a login to an active Azure subscription with the permissions to deploy resources and create service principals. Please double check the service principal permission as it's the commonly locked down for enterprise customers. Participatents should be aware that some of the exercises could incur billing from Azure.

Slides

The slides are only accessible to the instructor. A pdf of these slides can be sent out to the class afterwards if desired. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mFYvzYeMqxCtoVN0S3x7XFub2FjZL_xQKM_Fc3gSkaE/edit?usp=sharing