Express Learning Course

Getting Started with OpenTofu (LFEL1009)

Enroll in this 90-minute, Express Learning course to learn the essentials of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and how OpenTofu can help you streamline infrastructure provisioning and management.

Who Is It For

This foundational course is designed for any learner familiar with how to open a command line interface.
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What You’ll Learn

Explore the benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and dive into OpenTofu, an open source IaC tool forked from Terraform. Learn how OpenTofu works, its workflow, and tooling, and gain hands-on experience by creating and managing basic infrastructure configurations.
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What It Prepares You For

This course helps DevOps engineers, cloud architects, and system administrators confidently manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using OpenTofu, equipping you with the skills to automate, scale, and optimize infrastructure provisioning.
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Course Outline
Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Chapter 2. Getting Started with Infrastructure as Code and OpenTofu
Chapter 3. Hands-on Exercises
Chapter 4. CDM Structure
Chapter 5. Events in CDM
Chapter 6. Product Model
Chapter 7. Qualifying Functions
Chapter 8. Key Takeaways & Future of the CDM

Prerequisites
Some command line interface experience will be helpful but not required.
Lab Info
For the hands-on activities, you will require an Ubuntu 22.04 machine to install OpenTofu and an AWS account. You will also need your AWS user account’s access key to provision infrastructure with OpenTofu.