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Resources and Data Blocks

Master Terraform resources and data sources for referencing existing infrastructure and understanding resource dependencies.

60 minutes
infrastructure/terraform
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Lab Overview

Learn the fundamentals of Terraform resources and data blocks. Understand how to reference existing AWS resources, create dependencies between resources, and visualize your resource graph.

You'll learn to:

  • Use data sources to reference existing AWS resources
  • Create resource dependencies and understand implicit vs explicit dependencies
  • Generate and analyze Terraform resource dependency graphs
  • Reference data source attributes in resource configurations

Prerequisites

Terraform in Action Lab

Terraform Architecture Lab

Technologies Covered

terraformresourcesdata-sourcesdependenciesresource-graphaws

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the Terraform 101: Infrastructure as Code Fundamentals course

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