OpenTofu 

Course & Training

Two days of intensive introduction to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with OpenTofu. Define and deploy an infrastructure on the cloud of your choice.

Cloud infrastructures are becoming more complex and larger. With the help of IaC, the infrastructure should be defined, documented and versioned. OpenTofu is the provisioning tool and is often used in the industry.

In-House Course:

We are happy to conduct tailored courses for your team - on-site, remotely or in our course rooms.

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Public Course Schedule:

   

Content:


In this course, we will work together to incrementally build and modularize a cloud infrastructure of your choice. Our focus is on a targeted selection of topics to provide a deep understanding of the following concepts:

- HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) Syntax
- Idempotency and its significance in Infrastructure as Code
- Introduction to OpenTofu
... - Providers
... - Resources
... - Data Sources
... - Variables
... - Modules
... - Registry
... - OpenTofu Commands
- Overview of Vault Secrets Management for OpenTofu
- OpenTofu State Management
- Using OpenTofu in Teams (shared State Management)
- Security around OpenTofu (Security Testing, State Encryption, Secret Handling)
- OpenTofu in the Enterprise (Multi-Stage Setups, Pipelining, Terragrunt, Linting, Testing, Automated Documentation)

This course is suitable for both beginners and advanced users and offers a cloud-agnostic approach, meaning that the concepts learned can be applied to various cloud providers.

We look forward to building a robust and scalable cloud infrastructure together!


Disclaimer: The actual course content may vary from the above, depending on the trainer, implementation, duration and constellation of participants.

Whether we call it training, course, workshop or seminar, we want to pick up participants at their point and equip them with the necessary practical knowledge so that they can apply the technology directly after the training and deepen it independently.

Goal:

Building practical know-how and the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts were understood. At the end, the participants will be able to independently implement their first infrastructure projects with OpenTofu.


Duration:

 2 Days (Is individually adapted for in-house courses.)


Form:

A proven mix of concepts, live coding and collaboration on an exemplary microservice application. Always geared towards the efficient usage ofSpring Boot in real-life projects and production.


Target Audience:

Software or system engineers who want to manage, automate and provision infrastructure as code.


Requirements:

Basic knowledge in scripting and cloud infrastructure concepts (of the selected cloud).


Preparation:

Each participant receives a questionnaire and installation instructions after registration. Depending on the course, we provide a suitable laboratory environment.

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Waitinglist for public course:

Sign up for the waiting list for more public course dates. Once we have enough people on the waiting list, we will determine a date that suits everyone as much as possible and schedule a new session. If you want to participate directly with two colleagues, we can even plan a public course specifically for you.

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(If you already have 3 or more participants, we will discuss your preferred date directly with you and announce the course.)

More about OpenTofu



OpenTofu is the open-source, community-driven fork of Terraform, created in response to HashiCorp's license change in 2023. As part of the Linux Foundation, OpenTofu provides a stable, open alternative for provisioning cloud infrastructure using HCL. It is fully compatible with existing Terraform code and is actively maintained and developed.




History


Terraform was developed by HashiCorp in 2014 and released under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). It quickly became the de-facto standard for Infrastructure as Code. In August 2023, HashiCorp announced that Terraform would be relicensed under the Business Source License (BUSL) – a license that restricts commercial use. This decision sparked significant backlash in the open-source community.


In response, OpenTofu was created as a community fork under the stewardship of the Linux Foundation. OpenTofu retains the open MPL license and is actively developed by a broad alliance of companies and individuals. Today, OpenTofu is considered a fully capable alternative to Terraform and is steadily gaining traction across the industry.