Q: What tools and technologies will I work with in this course?

<text variant="body1">You'll gain hands-on experience with Ansible (including the Ping, Blockinfile, Lineinfile, ACL, and service management modules, plus Jinja2 templates and conditionals) and Terraform (for provisioning AWS VPCs, subnets, security groups, EC2 instances, IAM policies, DynamoDB access controls, and CloudWatch alarms). These are two of the most widely used IaC tools in cloud engineering roles today.

Q: What is the Terraform Write-Plan-Apply workflow and why does it matter?

<text variant="body1">Write-Plan-Apply is Terraform's core provisioning cycle. You write your infrastructure as code, run a plan to preview exactly what changes will be made, and then apply to execute them. This makes cloud provisioning predictable, auditable, and safe — you always know what will change before it happens. This course gives you direct hands-on practice with this workflow across real AWS resources.

Question 1

Do I need prior Terraform or Ansible experience for Infrastructure Automation (IaC) - Hands-On course?

Accepted Answer

<text variant="body1">No prior Terraform or Ansible experience is required. The course introduces both tools through structured, hands-on labs and builds progressively from foundational tasks to advanced cloud architecture. You do need familiarity with cloud providers (AWS or Azure) and basic networking concepts to engage effectively with the content.

Question 2

What tools and technologies will I work with in this course?

Accepted Answer

<text variant="body1">You&#x27;ll gain hands-on experience with Ansible (including the Ping, Blockinfile, Lineinfile, ACL, and service management modules, plus Jinja2 templates and conditionals) and Terraform (for provisioning AWS VPCs, subnets, security groups, EC2 instances, IAM policies, DynamoDB access controls, and CloudWatch alarms). These are two of the most widely used IaC tools in cloud engineering roles today.

Question 3

What is the Terraform Write-Plan-Apply workflow and why does it matter?

Accepted Answer

<text variant="body1">Write-Plan-Apply is Terraform&#x27;s core provisioning cycle. You write your infrastructure as code, run a plan to preview exactly what changes will be made, and then apply to execute them. This makes cloud provisioning predictable, auditable, and safe — you always know what will change before it happens. This course gives you direct hands-on practice with this workflow across real AWS resources.

Question 4

How does this course fit into the DevOps course series?

Accepted Answer

<text variant="body1">Infrastructure Automation (IaC) - Hands-On is designed as the capstone of the hands-on DevOps series. It builds on the Linux systems skills from DevOps Foundation (Linux & Systems) - Hands-On, the Ansible introduction from Source Control & CI/CD - Hands-On, and the cloud-native deployment concepts from Mastering Docker & Containers - Hands-On and Kubernetes Orchestration - Hands-On. Together, the series covers the full professional DevOps stack.

Question 5

What career opportunities does this course prepare me for?

Accepted Answer

<text variant="body1">This course builds skills directly applicable to roles such as DevOps Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Platform Engineer, and Cloud Architect. The ability to provision and manage infrastructure via code is one of the most in-demand technical competencies across cloud-first organizations.

Question 6

What specific topics are covered across all three modules?

Accepted Answer

Module 1 (Ansible Automation) covers creating files on application servers, using the Ping module, installing packages, working with Blockinfile, managing services, configuring ACLs, using Lineinfile, working with Jinja2 templates, and applying Ansible conditionals. 
Module 2 (Terraform IaC) covers creating VPCs, configuring security groups, provisioning EC2 instances, creating IAM policies, and launching EC2 instances in private VPC subnets. 
Module 3 (Advanced IaC) covers attaching IAM policies for DynamoDB access and creating and configuring CloudWatch alarms — all using Terraform.

Question 7

How is this course different from other IaC or Terraform courses?

Accepted Answer

<text variant="body1">Most IaC courses focus on one tool in isolation. This course runs Ansible and Terraform in parallel, reflecting how real infrastructure teams actually operate — using configuration management and cloud provisioning together. The inclusion of monitoring-as-code with CloudWatch and the hands-on private networking architecture also go well beyond what most introductory IaC courses cover. Every skill is practiced in a lab before being validated against a professional solution video.

Question 8

When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?

Accepted Answer

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course.  You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer &#x27;Full Course, No Certificate&#x27; instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

Question 9

What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?

Accepted Answer

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

Question 10

Is financial aid available?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.