Terraform provides a well-defined and concise way to deploy infrastructure resources and changes. The typical workflow involves manual steps and checks that aren’t easily scalable and depend on human intervention to complete successfully. This article will look into different approaches to automating infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and the pros and…

This article will compare two of the most dominant tools in the cloud infrastructure space, Terraform and Kubernetes. These two tools share some similarities but are built to serve different purposes. Terraform is a tool focused on infrastructure provisioning and operates in the Infrastructure as code space. Kubernetes focuses on…

This article delves into Ansible modules, one of the core building blocks of Ansible. In this blog post, we will examine the purpose and usage of modules, along with information on how to build them and best practices. If you are interested in other Ansible concepts, these Ansible tutorials posted…

Utilizing DevOps practices to maximize speed and value creation has been a hot topic in the software industry for the past decade. We have embraced these practices and changed how we work and think about development, operations, project management, code quality, observability, and continuous feedback. As organizations started applying these…

Securely accessing cloud resources is one of the most critical requirements for IT teams. To achieve this, cloud administrators leverage web services that assist with managing access to cloud environments. In this article, we will explore the AWS IAM service, and more specifically, we will look into IAM policies, learn…

This blog post explores the concept of Ansible roles, their structure, and how we can combine them with our playbooks. We will analyze their functionality and usage along with ways to create new roles and retrieve public shared roles from Ansible Galaxy, a public repository for Ansible resources. If you…

In this article, we explore best practices for managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. Terraform is one of the most used tools in the IaC space that enables us to safely and predictably apply changes to our infrastructure. Starting with Terraform can feel like an intimidating task at first…

This blog post will deep dive into how Terraform handles output and how we can leverage and use output values efficiently across our Terraform projects. Output values allow us to share data between modules and workspaces while also providing us the flexibility to pass values to external systems for automation…

This blog post deep dives into Ansible Variables, which allow us to parametrize different Ansible components. Variables store values for reuse inside an Ansible project. If you are still learning how to use Ansible, you might also find helpful the introductory Ansible Tutorial or Working with Ansible Playbooks blog posts…