This text provides a comprehensive guide on deploying applications using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically focusing on Docker and Kubernetes with Terraform. It details the process of creating Docker images for an application and pushing them to Docker Hub, followed by deploying these images to a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster. The guide covers the use of various Terraform files like providers.tf, variables.tf, and main.tf to configure the Kubernetes Deployment. It explains how to set up a GKE cluster, create Kubernetes deployments using Terraform, and manage resources with Kubernetes services. The importance of Dockerfiles and .dockerignore files in building Docker images is highlighted, along with instructions on naming conventions for Docker images. The guide concludes by instructing how to destroy the resources to manage costs and encourages further learning through additional resources and subsequent parts of the series, aiming to automate these processes with CI/CD pipelines in future tutorials.