Declarative vs imperative IaC in Terraform - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to declare an AWS S3 bucket resource in Terraform.

Terraform

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "my_bucket" {
  bucket = [1]
  acl    = "private"
}

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Amy_bucket

B"my-unique-bucket-123"

C"aws_s3_bucket"

Dbucket_name

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the bucket name.

Using variable names without declaration.

The bucket name must be a string literal in quotes to declare the resource properly.

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medium

Complete the code to output the bucket ARN after creation.

Terraform

output "bucket_arn" {
  value = [1].arn
}

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Aaws_s3_bucket.my_bucket

Baws_s3_bucket

Cbucket

Dmy_bucket

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Common Mistakes

Using only the resource name without provider prefix.

Using variable names instead of resource references.

The output value must reference the full resource name including provider and resource name.

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hard

Fix the error in the imperative script to create an S3 bucket using AWS CLI command.

Terraform

aws s3api create-bucket --bucket [1] --region us-east-1

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Abucket_name

Bmy_bucket

C"my-unique-bucket-123"

Dmy-unique-bucket-123

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Common Mistakes

Adding quotes around bucket name causing errors.

Using variable names instead of actual bucket name.

The bucket name should be passed without quotes in the CLI command.

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hard

Fill both blanks to declare an AWS EC2 instance with a specific AMI and instance type.

Terraform

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  ami           = [1]
  instance_type = [2]
}

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A"ami-0c55b159cbfafe1f0"

B"t2.micro"

C"ami-12345678"

D"m5.large"

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Common Mistakes

Using unquoted values causing syntax errors.

Mixing AMI and instance type values.

The AMI and instance type must be valid strings in quotes to declare the EC2 instance.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a security group with a name, description, and ingress rule allowing HTTP traffic.

Terraform

resource "aws_security_group" "web_sg" {
  name        = [1]
  description = [2]

  ingress {
    from_port   = 80
    to_port     = 80
    protocol    = [3]
    cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
  }
}

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A"web_sg"

B"Allow HTTP inbound traffic"

C"tcp"

D"udp"

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Common Mistakes

Using unquoted strings for name or description.

Using wrong protocol like "udp" for HTTP.

The security group requires a name and description as strings, and the protocol for HTTP is "tcp".