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Getting Started with OpenTofu (LFEL1009)

Enroll today to quickly start managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using OpenTofu to automate, scale and optimize infrastructure provisioning!

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Who Is It For

This foundational course is designed for any learner familiar with how to open a command line interface.
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What You’ll Learn

Explore the benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and dive into OpenTofu, an open source IaC tool forked from Terraform. Learn how OpenTofu works, its workflow, and tooling, and gain hands-on experience by creating and managing basic infrastructure configurations.
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What It Prepares You For

This course helps DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and system administrators confidently manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using OpenTofu, equipping you with the skills to automate, scale, and optimize infrastructure provisioning.
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Course Outline
Image Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Image Chapter 2. Getting Started with Infrastructure as Code and OpenTofu
Image Chapter 3. Hands-on Exercises
Image Chapter 4. CDM Structure
Image Chapter 5. Events in CDM
Image Chapter 6. Product Model
Image Chapter 7. Qualifying Functions
Image Chapter 8. Key Takeaways & Future of the CDM

Prerequisites
Some command line interface experience will be helpful but not required.
Lab Info
For the hands-on activities, you will require an Ubuntu 24.04 machine to install OpenTofu and an AWS account. You will also need your AWS user account’s access key to provision infrastructure with OpenTofu.