Pulumi — Complete Infrastructure as Code Guide for Developers

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Learn Pulumi from scratch. Use Python, TypeScript, or Go to define cloud infrastructure with real programming languages.

Pulumi Tutorial


What You’ll Learn

This tutorial covers everything you need to go from zero to production-ready Pulumi:

Chapter Topic
1 Introduction — What is Pulumi?
2 Installing Pulumi
3 Projects and Stacks
4 Programming Model
5 Providers
6 Resources in Depth
7 Configuration and Secrets
8 State Management
9 Component Resources
10 Pulumi with Python
11 Pulumi with TypeScript
12 Importing Infrastructure
13 Testing Pulumi Programs
14 Pulumi in CI/CD
15 Pulumi vs Terraform
16 Next Steps

Who Is This For?

  • Developers who know Python or TypeScript and want to manage infrastructure without learning HCL
  • DevOps engineers evaluating Pulumi as an alternative to Terraform
  • Platform engineers building internal developer platforms with familiar languages
  • Teams migrating from Terraform to Pulumi or running both side by side

Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of cloud concepts (regions, compute, storage)
  • Familiarity with at least one programming language (Python or TypeScript)
  • An AWS account (free tier works)
  • A terminal and code editor

Get Started — What is Pulumi? →

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