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HashiCorp Terraform Associate Study Roadmap

Terraform Associate 003 · 8-week plan · Free

Last updated: March 30, 2026

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Domain Weight Distribution

D1: Understand Infrastructure as Code Concepts
~8%
D2: Understand the Purpose of Terraform
~8%
D3: Understand Terraform Basics
~15%
D4: Use the Terraform CLI
~15%
D5: Interact with Terraform Modules
~12%
D6: Use the Core Terraform Workflow
~12%
D7: Implement and Maintain State
~15%
D8: Read, Generate, and Modify Configuration
~15%

Week-by-Week Study Plan

Week 1

Domain 1-2: IaC Concepts & Terraform Purpose — IaC benefits, Terraform vs other tools, state management

Week 2

Domain 3: Terraform Basics — Providers, resources, variables, outputs, data sources, terraform block

Week 3

Domain 4: Terraform CLI — init, plan, apply, destroy, fmt, validate, import, workspace commands

Week 4

Domain 5: Modules — Module sources, inputs/outputs, public registry, module versioning, child modules

Week 5

Domain 6: Core Workflow — Write, plan, apply cycle, version control integration, collaboration

Week 6

Domain 7: State Management — State file, remote backends (S3, Terraform Cloud), locking, sensitive data

Week 7

Domain 8: Configuration — Variables (types, precedence), locals, expressions, functions, dynamic blocks

Week 8

Full Review: Practice exams, Hands-on Terraform labs, HCL syntax drills, Exam logistics

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