Terraform GCP provider setup - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the Terraform provider for Google Cloud Platform.

GCP

provider "google" {
  project = "my-project-id"
  region  = "us-central1"
  [1] = "4.0"
}

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Aapi_version

Bprovider_version

Cgcp_version

Dversion

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Common Mistakes

Using 'provider_version' instead of 'version'.

Using 'gcp_version' or 'api_version' which are invalid.

The correct attribute to specify the provider version in Terraform is version.

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medium

Complete the code to set the credentials file path for the GCP provider.

GCP

provider "google" {
  credentials = file("[1]")
  project     = "my-project-id"
  region      = "us-central1"
}

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A/path/to/keyfile.txt

B/path/to/credentials.json

C/path/to/config.yaml

D/path/to/secret.key

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Common Mistakes

Using a non-JSON file for credentials.

Using a path with wrong file extension.

The credentials file for GCP provider is a JSON file, so the path should point to a .json file.

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hard

Fix the error in the provider block by completing the missing attribute for specifying the region.

GCP

provider "google" {
  project     = "my-project-id"
  [1] = "us-west1"
  credentials = file("/path/to/credentials.json")
}

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Alocation

Bzone

Cregion

Darea

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Common Mistakes

Using 'zone' instead of 'region' in the provider block.

Using 'location' or 'area' which are invalid attributes.

The correct attribute to specify the geographical area for resources is region.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure the provider with project and region variables.

GCP

provider "google" {
  project = var.[1]
  region  = var.[2]
  credentials = file("/path/to/credentials.json")
}

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Aproject_id

Bregion_name

Cregion

Dproject

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Common Mistakes

Using 'project_id' instead of 'project' variable.

Using 'region_name' instead of 'region' variable.

Terraform variables are often named project and region to match provider attributes.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define variables for project, region, and credentials file path.

GCP

variable "[1]" {
  type        = string
  description = "The GCP project ID"
}

variable "[2]" {
  type        = string
  description = "The GCP region"
}

variable "[3]" {
  type        = string
  description = "Path to the GCP credentials JSON file"
}

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Aproject

Bregion

Ccredentials_path

Dcredentials_file

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Common Mistakes

Using 'credentials_file' instead of 'credentials_path'.

Using inconsistent variable names that don't match usage.

Common variable names are project, region, and credentials_path for clarity.