Terraform Expression: Get List Object by Attribute Value Lookup
Terraform provides a greater ability to define Infrastructure as Code (IaC) through its support of Expressions. Expressions are lines of code that define configuration and…
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Terraform: Convert List to Map of Objects (using for loop)
Terraform is a powerful infrastructure-as-code tool that allows you to define and provision infrastructure resources. In some scenarios, you might need to transform a list…
Terraform Workflow Process Explained
HashiCorp Terraform, an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, enables easier infrastructure provisioning and management across all types of platforms. At the heart of Terraform’s…
Get Started with Azure CLI infrastructure as code scripting
Azure CLI is a powerful tool for managing Azure resources from the command line. It enables developers and system administrators to perform a wide range…
Terraform: Deploy Azure ExpressRoute Circuit with VNet Gateway
Microsoft offers the ability to create a direct, private connection between Azure data centers and infrastructure located on-premises or in a colocation with Azure ExpressRoute.…
Stop Hard-Coding “Local IP” in Terraform: Lock Down Firewalls Dynamically
You’ve probably done it: you’re rushing to validate a change, you need temporary SSH or RDP access, and you paste your current public IP into…
Update Azure CLI from the command-line (az upgrade)
The Azure CLI can be updated from the command-line in Windows. The az upgrade command is used for this and it has a few options…
Az Kung Fu VM – Master Tools for Azure Administrators
Have you ever spent hours building a machine to use as an admin workstation for Azure? What about installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Well,…
How to Perform String Concatenation in Terraform
Terraform is a powerful infrastructure as code (IaC) tool, but even experienced users sometimes encounter challenges with what seems like basic operations. One such operation…
Azure CLI: Delete Public IP from Existing NIC / VM
So you have already created a Virtual Machine in Azure that is provisioned with a Public IP address and you need to remove it. Don’t…
Azure Cloud Shell with Azure CLI inside Azure Portal
Here’s a short introduction to the Azure Cloud Shell; a new feature recently released into the Microsoft Azure Portal as part of the many announcements…
GitHub Certifications – Prove Your Expertise
Keeping up with GitHub requires lots of skill mastery. GitHub is a platform used by over 100 million developers worldwide and offers a suite of…
Terraform State Management Explained
Terraform state management is extremely important with all Terraform projects. State management is the feature that allows you to manage, store, and retrieve the current…
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate DevOps / SRE Certification
The popularity of HashiCorp Terraform has really taken off in the last couple of years. Terraform has become an extremely popular tool for writing declarative…
Terraform: If/Else Conditional Resource and Module Deployment
HashiCorp Terraform has an inline If/Else conditional expression that enables you to set parameters and variables programmatically based on the condition being evaluated. The syntax…
Deploying Azure Bicep Templates using the Azure CLI
Using the Azure CLI to deploy Azure Bicep templates can be used to more efficiently build Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployment workflows for managing Microsoft…
Azure PowerShell: Create Azure Storage Account and Containers
One of the core services within Microsoft Azure is the Storage Account service. There are many service that utilize Storage Accounts for storing data, such…
Terraform: Store Backend State in Azure Storage Account
One of the things that HashiCorp Terraform requires to work is the ability to save and store the Terraform State Management (.tfstate) file. By default,…
Terraform: Deploy Azure Function App with Consumption Plan
HashiCorp Terraform is great for deploying any Microsoft Azure resource, and the same applies to deploying serverless compute with Azure Function Apps in the Microsoft…
Using Chocolatey with Azure VMs
Automate Everything. That’s my new mantra, and it should be yours… Like many of you, I’m an infrastructure guy and grew up with the crutches…