Stress-test judgement

Terraform Academy: Architecture scenarios

Work through ambiguous production situations where several answers may appear reasonable.

Scenario 01

Terraform Basics: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Terraform Basics. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.

Scenario 02

Terraform State: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Terraform State. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.

Scenario 03

Terraform Modules: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Terraform Modules. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.

Scenario 04

Variables and Validation: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Variables and Validation. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.

Scenario 05

Environments and Workspaces: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Environments and Workspaces. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.

Scenario 06

Azure Provider: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Azure Provider. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.

Scenario 07

Production Practices: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Production Practices. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.

Scenario 08

Terraform Interviews: production change under pressure

A business-critical service requires a change involving Terraform Interviews. Documentation is incomplete, the maintenance window is limited and stakeholders expect no disruption.

Your response must cover

Define the minimum safe evidence, identify blast radius, select validation gates, state abort criteria and prepare a tested recovery path.