Your First Terraform Workflow on GCP
Learn the complete Terraform workflow on GCP, from verifying your environment to safely destroying infrastructure.

Lab Overview
Master the foundational Terraform workflow by deploying your first infrastructure on Google Cloud. This lab guides you through every stage of the Terraform lifecycle, from preparing your environment and writing configuration to reviewing state and cleaning up resources.
You'll learn to:
- Verify Terraform and GCP access in the lab environment
- Write your first Terraform configuration with the Google provider
- Initialize a working directory and validate configuration syntax
- Plan and apply infrastructure changes for a GCS bucket
- Inspect Terraform state and outputs
- Destroy infrastructure safely when you're done
Key Resources:
What You'll Learn
Verify Terraform installation and GCP project access in the lab environment
Write a first Terraform configuration using the Google provider and a GCS bucket resource
Initialize a Terraform working directory and review the provider lock file
Validate, plan, and apply infrastructure changes on GCP
Inspect Terraform state and safely destroy infrastructure
Prerequisites
Basic command line familiarity
Google Cloud fundamentals
Technologies Covered
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This lab is part of the Terraform 004: Certified Terraform Associate course
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