Provisioning cloud infrastructure may seem straightforward until challenges arise, such as broken state files, disorganized modules, and environments that become out of sync. In this fast-paced, practical session, you’ll learn how to move beyond the Terraform “hello world” to write Infrastructure as Code that scales, endures, and supports teams.

We’ll examine real-world Terraform techniques for modularization, state management, environment isolation, and team collaboration, all with an emphasis on reliability and maintainability. Whether you're deploying to Azure, AWS, or both, this talk provides patterns and anti-patterns drawn directly from production environments, along with battle-tested tips to help you sidestep costly mistakes.

If you’ve used Terraform before or plan to shortly and want to write IaC with confidence, this talk will equip you with the tactical and strategic skills you need to succeed.

Key Takeaways:
• How to structure your Terraform code for reuse and clarity with modules and workspaces
• Understanding state: remote backends, locking, and why local files are a trap
• Techniques for multi-environment deployment (dev, staging, prod)
• Handling secrets, provisioning steps, and common gotchas in cloud automation
• Tips for integrating Terraform into CI/CD with tools like GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps
• Code patterns that scale and ones that don’t

Target Audience:
• Cloud engineers and DevOps practitioners tired of hacking Terraform together
• Developers transitioning into infrastructure responsibilities
• Architects designing scalable IaC solutions across teams
• Anyone ready to stop treating Terraform like bash scripts and start treating it like software