Terraform Beyond Tutorials
Real patterns for managing infrastructure at scale. State management, modules, and the mistakes everyone makes.
⚡ What You'll Learn
- →Core concepts explained with real-world context
- →Practical implementation patterns
- →Common mistakes and how to avoid them
# Terraform Best Practices
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is great until your state file gets corrupted or you accidentally delete the production database.
State Management
Never store state locally. Use a remote backend like S3 with DynamoDB locking. This seems obvious, but it's the number one cause of "why is the build broken?"
Modules
Don't copy-paste resource blocks. Build reusable modules. But don't over-abstract. A module that just wraps a single resource with 50 variables is worse than just using the resource directly.
Directory Structure
Split your environments (prod, stage, dev). Don't use workspaces for environment separation unless you really know what you're doing. It's too easy to apply the wrong config to the wrong environment.