Resources and Data Sources on GCP
Build GCP infrastructure with Terraform resources and data sources, then inspect how dependencies appear in the resource graph.
Lab Overview
Learn how Terraform resources, data sources, and dependencies work together on Google Cloud. In this lab, you'll create core networking resources, read cloud data dynamically, and visualize how Terraform builds the dependency graph.
You'll learn to:
- Create core GCP resources with Terraform
- Use data sources to query existing cloud information
- Understand implicit and explicit dependencies
- Generate and inspect the Terraform resource graph
- Clean up infrastructure safely after testing
What You'll Learn
Create google_compute_network, google_compute_subnetwork, and google_compute_firewall resources
Use data sources to reference existing GCP resources dynamically
Add explicit dependencies with depends_on and understand implicit references
Generate and interpret the Terraform dependency graph
Prerequisites
first-terraform-lab
core-workflow-lab
Technologies Covered
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This lab is part of the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004) course
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