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VMworld - Live Coding: Terraforming Your vSphere Environment Infrastructure as code is the process of managing infrastructure in a file or a set of files rather than manually configuring resources in a user interface. This session is going to take a live look at how to make the process of getting starting with infrastructure as code in a VMware vSphere environment as easy as possible using HashiCorp Terraform, the de facto standard for infrastructure as code. Oct 26, 2021 - 1 min read
DevOps Lab - Terraforming Your GitHub Environments Welcome to the second episode in our Hashicorp series, Kyle Ruddy is back to show us how we can use Terraform to manage both Azure and Github with code. While many people only use it to provision infrastructure, it actually manages all sorts of cool stuff! Oct 12, 2021 - 1 min read
DevOps Lab - Announcing Terraform 1.0 In this first episode of our Hashicorp series, Kyle Ruddy joins April Edwards to show how you can use terraform to manage both Azure and Github with code. While many people only use it to provision infrastructure, it actually manages all sorts of stuff! Oct 5, 2021 - 1 min read
PDC Conf - Automation Showdown: Imperative vs Declarative PDC Conf - Automation Showdown: Imperative vs Declarative Aug 23, 2021 - 1 min read
Intro to Terraform Cloud Agents HashiCorp Terraform Cloud gives you a new option to decide where to run Terraform operations thanks to new self-hosted agents. The new per-workspace agent execution mode allows private environments to continue taking advantage of Terraform Cloud’s management interface without modifying ingress network traffic access. Mar 4, 2021 - 3 min read
DevOps Lab - Policy as Code with Terraform and Sentinel Infrastructure as code based provisioning can easily grow to the point of chaos. Sentinel, which is HashiCorp’s Policy as Code framework, can easily configure guardrails that are enforced within the provisioning workflow to protect against changes that don’t follow security, regulatory compliance, or internal business policies. Oct 27, 2020 - 1 min read
HashiConf - From CLI to Cloud and Back in HashiCorp Terraform The latest Terraform releases have included lots of features and functionality. Have you integrated all the improvements into your configurations and workflows? Join Kyle and Petros for a dive into some of the hidden features found in Terraform 0. Oct 23, 2020 - 1 min read
DevOps Lab - Remote State Management with Terraform Cloud HashiCorp’s Terraform Cloud is a SaaS platform where we can more easily collaborate on Terraform configurations through remotely stored, versioned, and shared Terraform state files. Check out how easy it is to get started deploying your Azure resources! Oct 13, 2020 - 1 min read
Controlling Cloud Costs with Terraform Cloud's Business Tier Terraform Cloud has added a brand-new tier with some fantastic new features. As part of this video, Michelle Greer and I take a look at Terraform Cloud’s Business tier and how it can be used to help control cloud costs and also adhere to an orgnaization’s policies. Sep 25, 2020 - 1 min read
Applying the Peter Parker Principle to GitOps with Terraform and GitLab The Peter Parker Principle dictates, “With great power comes great responsibility.” This can also be applied to the way security is applied to our GitOps processes and DevOps in general. Sep 24, 2020 - 1 min read