--- title: "Terraform Fundamentals" description: "Learn Terraform and the STACKIT Terraform Provider: infrastructure as code, HCL configuration, state management, and provisioning STACKIT resources." scfAsset: managed: false category: "guide" maintainers: - user: "can.celik1" external: true tags: ["STACKIT University", "Learning", "Terraform", "IaC"] source_url: "https://framework.stackit.cloud/architecture/assetcontainer/stackit/terraform-fundamentals/" source_file: "docs/architecture/assetcontainer/stackit/terraform-fundamentals.mdx" --- ## Course Overview An introduction to Terraform applied directly to the STACKIT Cloud, using the official STACKIT Terraform Provider to configure STACKIT products declaratively. The course covers infrastructure-as-code concepts, state management, and the core Terraform workflow, then walks through setup, authentication, HCL syntax, resources, variables, and modules in a hands-on "Hello STACKIT" exercise. It closes with best practices — project structure, remote state, security, and debugging — as preparation for more advanced Terraform work and the STACKIT Certified Cloud Engineer certification track. ### What You'll Learn - Understand Infrastructure as Code, state management, and declarative configuration - Use the STACKIT Terraform Provider to provision resources in STACKIT Cloud - Write Terraform HCL configuration files that provision infrastructure - Work confidently with `init`, `plan`, `apply`, and `destroy` - Configure a "Hello STACKIT" infrastructure end to end - Apply best practices for Terraform projects ### Modules - Introduction to Terraform - Setup & Authentication - Configuration & Deployment - Best Practices - Examination