AzAPI Terraform Provider: Introduction to working with Azure Preview Resources
The AzAPI Terraform Provider for deploying and managing Microsoft Azure resources is a lightweight, “thin layer” provider built on top of the Azure ARM (Azure…
HashiCorp Terraform
HashiCorp Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool to help you more reliably deploy and manage infrastructure deployments across one or more clouds, or even on-premise. As with all IaC tools, Terraform allows you to write code that is used to build, change, and version your infrastructure deployments in a reliable and efficient manner.
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Terraform: Import Existing Infrastructure
The popular HashiCorp Terraform, open-source, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, empowers DevOps and SRE teams to manage and provision resources more efficiently. One of Terraform’s…
Configure Azure Developer CLI (azd) for HashiCorp Terraform Infrastructure Deployment
The Azure Developer CLI (azd) is a powerful tool for accelerating application deployment to Microsoft Azure. While azd defaults to Azure Bicep for Infrastructure as…
Deploying Hub-and-Spoke Network Topology in Microsoft Azure using Terraform
A hub-and-spoke network topology is a popular design pattern used to manage and control network traffic when deploying enterprise workloads to Microsoft Azure. This article…
Best Practices to Promote from DEV to PROD Environments with HashiCorp Terraform using Workspaces and Folders
When using HashiCorp Terraform to manage infrastructure as code (IaC), promoting changes from the development (DEV) environment to the production (PROD) environment is critical to…
What is Azure Private Link and How to Deploy with Terraform
Azure Private Link offers several benefits, including enhanced security, simplified network architecture, and improved performance. It supports various Azure services like Azure Storage and Azure…
Deploy Terraform using Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines
HashiCorp Terraform is a popular tool for managing infrastructure as code (IaC). By defining your IaC using Terraform, you can use version control with your…
Software Innovation: HashiCorp Terraform Revolutionized Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
In the current cloud-first world, where agility, automation, and scalability are required, there are few tools that have left as profound a mark on infrastructure…
Terraform: Get User Principal Name (UPN) of User Running Deployment without Entra ID Read Permissions
I has a scenario where I needed to configure an Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server to use Entra ID (Azure AD) authentication and add the Entra…
Terraform + Azure Multi-Region Naming Convention across Azure Regions, Resources, and Terraform Modules
Imagine this: your application goes down in a major Azure region outage. DNS traffic shifts to the secondary region as designed. Terraform kicks off to…
Terraform: Deploy Azure Storage Account and Blob Container
HashiCorp Terraform is a great tool for deploying and managing Microsoft Azure resource. This includes management of Azure Storage Accounts and Blob Containers. Azure Storage…
Use Terraform Input Variables to Parameterize Infrastructure Deployments
Now that we’ve gone through an introduction to Terraform, let’s take a look at parameterizing our deployments using Terraform Input Variables. Input Variables enable you…
Terraform Functions and Expressions Explained
Functions in HashiCorp Terraform are integral to making your configurations flexible, efficient, and maintainable. They are pre-defined operations that can be used within expressions to…
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…
Using Terraform String ‘replace’ Function for RegEx String Replacement
HashiCorp Terraform offers a lot of powerful functions that can be used for string manipulation within your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) projects. Among these functions…
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…
Applying Terraform Changes to Specific Resources using the -target Argument
Managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform is as common as CI/CD pipelines and incident response playbooks. However, there are moments when you don’t want…
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…
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…
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…