Required Skills
- Understanding of public cloud with an active accounts to build infrastructure in
- Familiar with basic git commands and concepts surrounding VCS
- Comfortable running commands in a terminal environment and setting environment variables
Suggested Learning Path
- Learn Hashicorp Terraform
- Learn git basics
- Scan through some of the published hashicorp workshops
- Review the Aviatrix Terraform Provider documentation.
- (Optional but highly recommended) Get Terraform Certified - this is the best way to round out your skills
- Register for self-paced Aviatrix ACE Training
Recommended tools
- Visual Studio Code - install the Terraform extension
High Level Workflow
- Launch an Aviatrix controller
- Setup Access Accounts in Controller - follow the instructions where needed
- Set up environment variables for your Controller.. i.e. TF_VAR_controller_ip, TF_VAR_username, TF_VAR_password
- Try out examples from the Provider doc or Example Deployments
Video Resources
2 Minute Demo
Quick demo to see the provider in action
Tech Talk Tuesday - Terraform
This 45 min webinar will give you a good understanding of Aviatrix