New HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate Practical Tests

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

The Terraform Associate certification is for Cloud Engineers specializing in operations, IT, or development who know the basic concepts and skills associated with open-source HashiCorp Terraform. Candidates will be best prepared for this exam if they have professional experience using Terraform in production, but performing the exam objectives in a personal demo environment may also be sufficient. This person understands which enterprise features exist and what can and cannot be done using the open-source offering. Visit our exam partner to schedule and take the exam.

Prerequisites

• Basic terminal skills

• Basic understanding of on-premises and cloud architecture

Product Version Tested

Terraform 1.0 and higher.

Preparing for the Exam

Certification preparation learning guides for the new version of the Terraform Associate will be posted soon. For now, use the current Terraform Associate Tutorial List to start your studying.

Exam Details

Assessment Type   Multiple choice

Format   Online proctored

Duration 1 hour

Price  $70.50 USD  plus locally applicable taxes and fees
Free retake not included

Language English

Expiration 2 years

Exam Objectives

1. Understand infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts

1a. Explain what IaC is

1b. Describe advantages of IaC patterns

2. Understand the purpose of Terraform (vs other IaC)

2a. Explain multi-cloud and provider-agnostic benefits

2b. Explain the benefits of state

3. Understand Terraform basics

3a. Install and version Terraform providers

3b. Describe plugin-based architecture

3c. Write Terraform configuration using multiple providers

3d. Describe how Terraform finds and fetches providers

4. Use Terraform outside of core workflow

4a. Describe when to use terraform import to import existing infrastructure into your Terraform state

4b. Use terraform state to view Terraform state

4c. Describe when to enable verbose logging and what the outcome/value is

5. Interact with Terraform modules5aContrast and use different module source options including the public Terraform Module Registry5bInteract with module inputs and outputs5cDescribe variable scope within modules/child modules5dSet module version

6. Use the core Terraform workflow

6a. Describe Terraform workflow ( Write -> Plan -> Create )

6b. Initialize a Terraform working directory (terraform init)

6c. Validate a Terraform configuration (terraform validate)

6d. Generate and review an execution plan for Terraform (terraform plan)

6e. Execute changes to infrastructure with Terraform (terraform apply)

6f. Destroy Terraform managed infrastructure (terraform destroy)

6g. Apply formatting and style adjustments to a configuration (terraform fmt)

7. Implement and maintain state

7a. Describe default local backend

7b. Describe state locking

7c. Handle backend and cloud integration authentication methods

7d. Differentiate remote state back end options

7e. Manage resource drift and Terraform state

7f. Describe backend block and cloud integration in configuration

7g. Understand secret management in state files

8. Read, generate, and modify configuration

8a. Demonstrate use of variables and outputs

8b. Describe secure secret injection best practice

8c. Understand the use of collection and structural types

8d. Create and differentiate resource and data configuration

8e. Use resource addressing and resource parameters to connect resources together

8f. Use HCL and Terraform functions to write configuration

8g. Describe built-in dependency management (order of execution based)

9. Understand Terraform Cloud capabilities

9a. Explain how Terraform Cloud helps to manage infrastructure

9b. Describe how Terraform Cloud enables collaboration and governance

Who this course is for:

• The exam is best suited for the following candidates – Team members, Managers, Project managers, Developers, Testers & DBAs