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Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform
Build AWS and Azure infrastructure as code that a team can review, repeat and roll back.
Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform is a self-paced online course: 9.5 hours of recorded sessions across 7 modules, with 6 graded by Nova, Square 1's AI tutor. The founding price is A$45, down from A$90. Start any time and keep your own pace.
Price: A$45A$9050% off
Founding price for the first cohort, until 21 October.
Founding price, one payment. Founding students keep their founding price on any second programme.
Founding intake
Spot holders hear the start date first.
Module by module
Module 1 · 60 min
Cloud basics: accounts, regions, networks
Module 2 · 90 min · graded
Terraform from the first resource
Module 3 · 90 min · graded
State, modules and environments
Module 4 · 60 min · graded
Identity and least privilege
Module 5 · 90 min · graded
The same stack on Azure
Module 6 · 60 min · graded
Pipelines, plans and drift
Module 7 · 120 min · graded
Project: infrastructure for a real app
- recorded hours
- 9.5
- modules, in order
- 7
- deployed projects
- 3
- graded checkpoints
- 6
Who it is for, and what you receive.
Developers and IT people who can use a terminal and Git and want to build AWS and Azure infrastructure as code that a team can review and repeat. No cloud experience needed.
Before you start
You can use a terminal and Git. No cloud experience needed.
Skills
- Terraform
- AWS
- Azure
- IAM
- CI/CD
- infrastructure as code
- 1
The recorded sessions
Taught by an instructor, taken in order at your own pace, yours for twelve months.
- 2
Graded work after every module
Exercises and projects marked by Nova against a rubric you can read, with what you did well and what to fix.
- 3
The projects
Deployed and graded, each one on your record with its repository.
- 4
Your hiring plan
The same six-part plan the bootcamps use, run with the career agent.
- 5
The record and the certificate
Every grade at square1ai.com/u/{handle}; a credential ID that resolves at square1ai.com/verify.
- 6
Nova as your tutor
Help that is about your actual work, because it has read all of it.
The content plan, module by module.
9.5 recorded hours from an instructor, taken in order at your own pace. Nova grades the work at the end of each module.
Cloud basics: accounts, regions, networks
Module 1 · 60 min
Watch and take notes; nothing to submit in this module.
- Terraform
- AWS
- Azure
Accounts and subscriptions
Regions and zones
Networks and subnets
Terraform from the first resource
Module 2 · 90 min
Graded at the end: A network and a server built from code.
- Terraform
- AWS
- Azure
Providers and resources
Plan and apply
Outputs and variables
State, modules and environments
Module 3 · 90 min
Graded at the end: Reusable modules for dev and prod.
- Terraform
- AWS
- Azure
Remote state and locking
Writing modules
Dev and prod
Identity and least privilege
Module 4 · 60 min
Graded at the end: IAM roles that pass a least-privilege review.
- AWS
- Terraform
- Azure
Roles and policies
Service identities
Reviewing permissions
The same stack on Azure
Module 5 · 90 min
Graded at the end: A stack deployed to both AWS and Azure.
- AWS
- Azure
- Terraform
Azure resources
Differences that bite
One module, two clouds
Pipelines, plans and drift
Module 6 · 60 min
Graded at the end: A pipeline that plans on every pull request.
- GitHub
- Terraform
- AWS
Plans on pull requests
Approvals
Detecting drift
Project: infrastructure for a real app
Module 7 · 120 min
Graded at the end: The app's infrastructure, deployed and destroyed cleanly.
- Terraform
- AWS
- Azure
The design
The modules
The pipeline
Destroy and rebuild
The projects.
Each is deployed and graded by Nova against a rubric you can read before you start.
- 1
A network from code
Build a network, subnets and two application servers on AWS entirely in Terraform, with nothing clicked in the console. Destroy it and rebuild it from the repository.
You hand in
- Terraform repository
- Plan output
- Proof of destroy and rebuild
The rubric requires
The stack rebuilds from the repository with no manual steps.
- 2
Modules for two clouds
Turn your stack into reusable modules with separate dev and prod environments, then deploy an equivalent stack to Azure, noting every difference you had to handle.
You hand in
- Modules
- Environment configurations
- Azure deployment
- Differences log
The rubric requires
Dev and prod deploy from the same modules on both clouds.
- 3
Infrastructure for a real app
Write the infrastructure for a real application, yours or an open-source one, with least-privilege identities and a pipeline that plans on every pull request and applies only after approval.
You hand in
- Infrastructure repository
- Pipeline configuration
- IAM review notes
- Architecture diagram
The rubric requires
A pull request shows a plan, an approval applies it, and the IAM review finds no wildcard permissions.
What you can do at the end.
Cloud infrastructure you can rebuild from a repository on two clouds, and three graded projects on your record that show it.
- 1
Explain cloud accounts, regions and networks well enough to design a simple layout.
- 2
Build infrastructure with Terraform and read a plan before applying it.
- 3
Organise state, modules and environments so a team can share them.
- 4
Write identity and access rules that grant only what is needed.
- 5
Deploy the same stack to AWS and Azure.
- 6
Run infrastructure changes through a reviewed pipeline and catch drift.
Roles this prepares you for
- Cloud engineer
- DevOps engineer
- Infrastructure engineer
No placement rate is shown, because there are no graduates to count yet. The roles above are what the projects are built for.
Your record at the end.
Every exercise and project is graded by Nova against a rubric you can read, and every grade is kept on one page an employer can open and run. This is what the programme writes to it.
- Graded, line by line
- Nova reads every submission against the brief and the rubric and returns a score, what you did well and what to fix.
- Module by module
- Each module ends in graded work; the next opens when you are ready, on your own schedule.
- Nova remembers
- Help is about your actual work, because the tutor has every submission and every failed exercise of yours.
- One page an employer can run
- Every grade and project at /verify. An employer opens it and runs the code.
Record, Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform
Example
- ProjectGraded
A network from code
The stack rebuilds from the repository with no manual steps.
- ProjectGraded
Modules for two clouds
Dev and prod deploy from the same modules on both clouds.
- ProjectGraded
Infrastructure for a real app
A pull request shows a plan, an approval applies it, and the IAM review finds no wildcard permissions.
- Every moduleGraded
6 graded checkpoints
Each module ends in work Nova grades line by line against a rubric you can read.
- AfterKept
Your hiring plan
Target roles, the gap map, the proof to send, weekly actions and an interview log.
The entries, not the grades: those are yours to earn. The page lives at /verify and an employer needs no account to open it.
5 entries, at your own pace. 25 spots are open.
Reserve my spotHow we help you find a job.
Proof, not a certificate: the projects you deployed are the thing you show, and the tools below are yours to use.
- 1
Your hiring plan
The same six-part plan the bootcamps use: target roles, the gap map, the proof to send, weekly actions, an interview log, the outcome. You run it with the career agent.
- 2
A record an employer can run
Your graded projects on /verify. An employer opens it and runs the code.
- 3
The career agent
Paste a real job posting at /career and it maps the role to your graded work and what to do next.
- 4
The roles directory
Every role we prepare people for, what it pays and what it asks, at /roles.
- 5
A path to the live cohort
If you want the instructor, the gates and the hiring sprint, the bootcamp on the same subject is one waitlist away.
Questions people ask.
About Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform, answered from the plan on this page.
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How long is Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform?
9.5 hours of recorded sessions across 7 modules, taken at your own pace. 6 of the modules end in work Nova grades.
Is Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform live or self-paced?
Self-paced. The sessions are recorded by an instructor who does this work, and Nova, Square 1's AI tutor, grades every checkpoint and project against a rubric you can read.
How much does Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform cost?
A$45 for the founding intake, paid once; the standard price is A$90. It is the same price in every country. Founding students keep their founding price on any second programme.
Who is Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform for?
Developers and IT people who can use a terminal and Git and want to build AWS and Azure infrastructure as code that a team can review and repeat. No cloud experience needed. Before you start: You can use a terminal and Git. No cloud experience needed.
What will I build in Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform?
3 deployed projects: A network from code, Modules for two clouds and Infrastructure for a real app. Each is graded against a published rubric and kept on a record an employer can open at /verify.
What skills does Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform teach?
Terraform, AWS, Azure, IAM, CI/CD and infrastructure as code. It prepares you for roles such as Cloud engineer, DevOps engineer and Infrastructure engineer.
Does Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform guarantee a job?
No. No placement rate is published because there are no graduates to count yet. What you leave with is graded, deployed work on one record an employer can open and run, and a hiring plan you keep with the career agent.
How do I join Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform?
Reserve one of the twenty-five founding spots on this page with your email. Spot holders hear the opening date first, and nothing is charged before you confirm. The price on this page is in Australian dollars and is the same in every country.
25 spots. Hold one of them.
25 founding spots. Recorded by an instructor who does this work, graded by Nova. Spot holders hear the opening date first, and nothing is charged before you confirm.
- Infrastructure you can rebuild from a repository
- Three graded projects on your record
About a minute. No account, no card, and nothing is charged until you confirm.