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HashiCorp Infrastructure Automation Certification

Cloud engineers can use the Terraform Associate certification to verify their basic infrastructure automation skills.

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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)

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 modules
5a Contrast and use different module source options including the public Terraform Module Registry
5b Interact with module inputs and outputs
5c Describe variable scope within modules/child modules
5d Set 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