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Previously, I wrote a note on using AWS Tools for PowerShell in Azure Pipelines, and in this note, I show how to use that in GitHub Actions. If you are new to AWS Tools for Powershell, I recommend reading about that at AWS Docs. The process can be broken down into three steps: 1. Configure … Continue reading AWS Tools for PowerShell module in GitHub Actions
A little while back, I encountered an exciting use case requiring me to use GitHub Actions secrets. The use case was to create an AWS Secrets Manager secret resource using Terraform in a CI/CD pipeline. An AWS Secrets Manager secret is a resource to store secure credentials. In the past, I created an AWS Secrets … Continue reading Create AWS Secrets Manager secret using Terraform secure variables and GitHub Actions secrets
Terraform enables developers to create cloud resources via a few lines of code. Hence, these developers must write code that is easy to understand and follows security best practices. Moreover, following best practices becomes a habit if there is a system to keep that in check. Checkov is a proven static analysis tool that checks for standard best practices in your … Continue reading Automate Terraform configuration scan with Checkov and GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions is a CI/CD tool that can automate the provisioning of AWS resources using Terraform. Previously, I wrote a detailed post explaining the concepts associated with using Terraform to create an application load balancer that you can read here -add an application load balancer to Amazon EC2 using Terraform. In this note, I further … Continue reading CI-CD with Terraform and GitHub Actions to deploy to AWS
Recently, I had a request come up where I had to interact with AWS resources from GitHub Actions. In the past, I had done this using Azure Pipelines. I did that by: (a) storing the credentials (access_key and secret_key of the IAM user) as secure variables in the Azure DevOps Library variable group and (b) … Continue reading Securely integrate AWS Credentials with GitHub Actions using OpenID Connect
I start planning for the following year in the last two weeks of December. I use Azure DevOps to track my work -break down goals into features, and features into user stories, which I map into sprints. Creating iterations and adding them to projects is something that anyone can automate. Last year I used the … Continue reading Automate Azure Boards iteration using PowerShell and Azure Pipelines
Over the last couple of months, I worked extensively on Amazon Managed Grafana to create dashboards for observability. In the course of automating the deployment using Terraform and a CI-CD system, I learned about a few challenges and identified solutions. I'm sharing my learnings in this note so that you do not make the same … Continue reading A detailed guide to securely integrating Amazon Managed Grafana with Terraform
Recently I came across a use case where I was required to create Grafana dashboards using the Terraform Grafana provider. Although it did not sound too complex, it soon became once I started automating the process using Azure Pipelines. In this note, I documented the challenge and the solution. Before diving deeper, an Amazon Managed … Continue reading Create an Amazon Managed Grafana dashboard using Terraform and Azure Pipelines
In this note, I describe the steps to provision a new Amazon Managed Grafana workspace using the AWS Terraform provider. Grafana is an open-source observability tool to visualize data. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. Per AWS-Docs, Amazon Managed Grafana is a fully managed and secure … Continue reading Create an Amazon Managed Grafana workspace using Terraform
Often while working on automation, I am required to interact with AWS cloud resources. For example, when using my laptop, I use the AWS CLI; I have the latest version installed. However, I prefer AWS Tools for Powershell if I automate the process into a build pipeline. If you are new to AWS Tools for … Continue reading Install and use AWS tools for PowerShell on Azure DevOps Pipelines YAML
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