From the course: Introduction to Terraform on Azure
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Understanding Terraform's HCL syntax
From the course: Introduction to Terraform on Azure
Understanding Terraform's HCL syntax
- [Instructor] HCL, which is HashiCorp Configuration Language, is designed to be both human-readable and machine-possible, making it perfect for defining infrastructure as code. There are several key components that work together to define your infrastructure. First is the blocks. Blocks are the fundamental building units in HCL. They have a type, zero or more labels, and contain a body with argument and nested blocks. For example, the first word in these sample definitions is the block type, like resource, data, terraform, and provider. Then we have the resource blocks, which would always have exactly two labels, the resource type and a local name you choose. Data blocks also have two labels, the data source type and a local name. Terraform blocks have no labels, and lastly, provider blocks have one label being the provider name. You would notice that the data block is a data source that automatically retrieves information about your current Azure authentication context. It doesn't…
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Writing your first Terraform configuration8m 28s
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Understanding Terraform's HCL syntax4m 33s
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Key Terraform commands: Init, plan, apply, and destroy8m 30s
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Declaring variables and using tfvar files15m 10s
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Best practices for managing configuration with variables3m 13s
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