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Terraform: Code Project Organization Strategies (based on team, workload, or monolithic)
It's easy to get started writing HashiCorp Terraform code to deploy and manage the infrastructure as code (IaC) for a single project, or even the infrastructure needed by a single engineering team. However, it gets a bit more complicated when the amount of Terraform...
Terraform: Import Existing Azure Resource Group
If you find yourself with an existing Azure Resource Group that you need to import into a Terraform project, you can use the terraform import command to do it. This article goes through the steps necessary to take you through the process of importing an existing Azure...
Best Practices: 7 Key Benefits of Automated Infrastructure Deployment
The automation of infrastructure deployments through the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools has become a standard best practice in the industry. The easy to see benefits of saving time and cost are easy to understand. However, there are several other key...
Microsoft and OpenAI: Extended Partnership Announcement for ChatGPT, Azure, and more
Both Microsoft and OpenAI have announced they are extending on the 3 year partnership they already have to keep making advancements together around Artificial Intelligence (AI). This partnerships includes AI products like ChatGPT, DALL-E, GitHub Copilot, and the Azure...
Build5Nines Weekly – January 22, 2023
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
Create Linux VM in Microsoft Azure
There are many reasons to create a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) in Azure; like hosting a web server, database, or many other uses for VMs. It's extremely easy to create a Linux VM in Azure, in fact you can do it in a matter of a few minute. Then once created, the VM can...
Azure Bicep: If/Else Conditional Resource and Module Deployment
Azure Bicep has an inline If/Else conditional expression that can be used to conditionally provision an Azure Resource or even a full Azure Bicep Module. It's not the same syntax as traditional If/Else statements used in may programming languages like C#, Java, or...
Comparison: Terraform vs Azure Bicep
HashiCorp Terraform and Azure Bicep are both declarative Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools for provisioning and managing infrastructure in the Microsoft Azure cloud. While they are really similar tools, they have different slightly different philosophies of use. One...
Terraform: Destroy Infrastructure
There are reasons when specific infrastructure is no longer needed. When that infrastructure is managed trough HashiCorp Terraform, the terraform destroy command can be used to tell Terraform to destroy the resources and then remove it from the Terraform State File...
What is a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)?
A Site Reliability Engineer, or SRE, is an engineering discipline that focuses on the availability, performance, and reliability of systems and services. SREs are responsible for ensuring that an organization's systems and services are able to meet the demands of its...
How to become a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
To be a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), it is helpful to have a strong background as either an IT Pro or Developer. Knowledge of programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, and/or PowerShell are important. Familiarity with Linux and/or Windows, as well as network...
Exam AZ-220: Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Specialty Certification
The Microsoft Azure IoT Developer certification exam (AZ-220) tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Internet of Things (IoT) Developer. Passing this exam will earn you the Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification. If you are an IoT...
Install Terraform on Windows for use in Command Prompt and PowerShell
Terraform from HashiCorp is provided as a command-line tool that must first be installed before it can be used. It's provided as a single executable that can be downloaded and then used directly from the Windows Command Prompt or PowerShell. This means Terraform does...
Build5Nines Weekly – January 10, 2023
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
Future Benefits of using AI as a Site Reliability Engineer with insight from ChatGPT
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to greatly assist Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), or even DevOps Engineers, in a number of ways. Some potential applications of AI in SRE work might include automation of routine tasks, such as monitoring systems for...
Terraform: Import Existing Azure Resources into State (.tfstate)
The way HashiCorp Terraform keeps track of resources that are managed via the Terraform code is through the use the Terraform State (.tfstate) file. This file is a sort of registry of all the resources and the configuration of them as was last deployed or updated when...
Build5Nines Weekly – January 2, 2023
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
Build5Nines Weekly – December 14, 2022
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
Build5Nines Weekly – November 23, 2022
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
Build5Nines Weekly – November 16, 2022
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...