Terraform Testing and Validation: Quality Infrastructure Code
Infrastructure code needs the same quality assurance practices as application code, but testing infrastructure presents unique challenges. How do you …
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Multi-Cloud Terraform: Managing Infrastructure Across Providers
Multi-cloud strategies are becoming increasingly common as organizations seek to avoid vendor lock-in, leverage best-of-breed services, and meet …
Read Article →How to Delete all Resources Except One in Terraform
If you need to delete all resources created by Terraform, except for a single, specific one, then you can do the following:
Step 1 – Get the current …
Read Article →Terraform for AWS: Cloud-Native Infrastructure
AWS and Terraform are a powerful combination, but AWS’s complexity means there are specific patterns, gotchas, and best practices that …
Read Article →Terraform Fundamentals: Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure as Code isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the difference between spending your weekend manually clicking through cloud consoles …
Read Article →How to create an AWS Lambda in Terraform
Step 1 – Lambda Code in Python
The following code expects a python file with the contents as follows in a file called python/script1.py:
def …[Solved] Instance Profile already exists in Terraform
If you get the Instance Profile already exists error when running your Terraform apply, then it is either because an instance profile with that name …
How to use a Backend-Config File for Terraform S3 State Configuration
If you are using S3 as the backend for your state management in Terraform, then you can create environment specific configuration files where you …
Read Article →How to Refresh State in Terraform
Sometimes your infrastructure may be out of sync with your Terraform state because resources may have been amended or deleted manually.
For this you …
Read Article →How to write If/Else Statements in Terraform
If/Else statements are conditional statements that perform decisions based on some known state, or variable.
Terraform allows you to perform these …
Read Article →How to Remove a Resource from Terraform State
Terraform state reflects the most up to date reference of the infrastructure.
Sometimes you may need to remove a resource from the Terraform state …
Read Article →How to Delete a Specific Resource in Terraform
Running terraform destroy will tear down the whole stack associated to some terraform code.
However, sometimes you might only want to remove a …
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