OpenTofu

Name: OpenTofu
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OpenTofu is the Linux Foundation fork of Terraform: same HCL, same plan/apply loop, tofu as the CLI. This course covers install, compatibility, migrating an existing project, remote state, then the extras Terraform does not ship — client-side state and plan encryption, early variable evaluation, and gating applies in CI. Switching the binary does not harden the estate; an unencrypted state file is still a map of every secret the provider wrote.

Beginner3 sections · 12 lessons · ~5h total · 12-question self-test

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OpenTofu fundamentals

4 lessons

01What OpenTofu is & why it forkedThe Terraform license change and the fork.12 min 02Installing OpenTofu & the tofu CLIA drop-in for the terraform command.10 min 03HCL & Terraform compatibilityProviders, resources, and shared syntax.12 min 04State & the plan/apply workflowinit, plan, apply — the same loop.12 min

Migration, registry & environments

4 lessons

01Migrating from TerraformMove an existing project, safely.14 min 02The OpenTofu registry, providers & modulesWhere OpenTofu resolves code from.12 min 03Remote state & backendsState for teams, locked and shared.12 min 04Workspaces & environmentsdev, staging, prod from one codebase.10 min

Encryption, policy & delivery

4 lessons

01State & plan encryptionThe headline OpenTofu-only feature.14 min 02Early variable eval & provider functionsWhat OpenTofu can do that Terraform cannot.12 min 03Policy-as-code & scanningOPA/Conftest and Checkov on OpenTofu.12 min 04OpenTofu in CI/CD & securing stateAutomate apply; protect state & supply chain.14 min

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Final exam

Test yourself on everything

12 questions drawn from all 3 sections — every answer explained as you pick.

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