Category: Terraform

Automate Amazon Route 53 hosted zone, ACM, and Load Balancer provisioning with Terraform and GitHub Actions

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AWS provides seamless integration to manage secure traffic routing through an Amazon Route 53 hosted zone to an Application Load Balancer (ALB), using a secure certificate from AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). I build upon a previously discussed use case such that by the end of this note, you'll have the concept of creating an ALB … Continue reading Automate Amazon Route 53 hosted zone, ACM, and Load Balancer provisioning with Terraform and GitHub Actions

Getting started with Ephemeral workspaces in HCP Terraform

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Ephemeral refers to something that does not last for a long time. In HCP Terraform, a workspace is a group of infrastructure resources managed by Terraform. Hence, an ephemeral workspace does not last for a long time. This implies that it is suitable for IaC use cases where the resources are provisioned for a short … Continue reading Getting started with Ephemeral workspaces in HCP Terraform

Automate Terraform Testing with Azure DevOps Pipelines

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HashiCorp introduced the Terraform testing framework with version 1.06 of Terraform. This note captures my experience learning and adding test cases to an existing Terraform configuration using Azure DevOps Pipelines. Along with my notes, you'll also find references to helpful guides and YouTube videos. By the end of this note, I want you to feel … Continue reading Automate Terraform Testing with Azure DevOps Pipelines

Automate Terraform Modules README Generation with terraform-docs and GitHub Actions

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Terraform modules are essential building blocks for reusing Terraform configurations. For a Terraform module to be successful, ease of use and discoverability are key. Since creating a Terraform module also goes through a development and maintenance cycle, storing that in a GitHub repository is convenient. By doing so, Organizations improve collaboration, increase transparency, and enhance … Continue reading Automate Terraform Modules README Generation with terraform-docs and GitHub Actions

Provision AWS Resources with GitHub and HCP Terraform

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HCP (HashiCorp Cloud Platform) Terraform is a managed service that allows cloud infrastructure engineers to provision, manage, and scale infrastructure using Terraform securely, efficiently, and in an automated manner. It eliminates the need to maintain a Terraform infrastructure, such as the underlying execution environment and state management. It provides a hassle-free way to manage cloud … Continue reading Provision AWS Resources with GitHub and HCP Terraform

Setup cross-account Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) access using Terraform and GitHub Actions

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Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully managed Docker container registry that allows developers to store container images securely. It does so by storing them in an ECR repository, a logical separation for storing, organizing, and versioning the Docker images inside an ECR repository. In a typical containerized application CI/CD pipeline, the Continuous Integration … Continue reading Setup cross-account Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) access using Terraform and GitHub Actions

Securely Connect an AWS Lambda to an Amazon VPC Using Terraform

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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a service that allows cloud engineering teams to create a private network within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. It enables them to define a virtual network environment, including IP address ranges, subnets, and route tables while providing control over network configuration and security. AWS Lambda is a serverless … Continue reading Securely Connect an AWS Lambda to an Amazon VPC Using Terraform

Create VPC Flow logs to publish to Amazon CloudWatch Logs using Terraform

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VPC Flow Logs is a feature in Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables capturing information about IP traffic going to and from network interfaces in the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). These logs provide detailed visibility into network traffic, helping to monitor, troubleshoot, and analyze traffic patterns, security issues, and performance within the VPC. The logs … Continue reading Create VPC Flow logs to publish to Amazon CloudWatch Logs using Terraform

Blue-Green Deployments for Amazon ECS Fargate with CodeDeploy, Terraform, and GitHub Actions

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Blue-green deployment is a software release strategy that minimizes downtime and risk by running two identical environments, "blue" and "green." At any given time, one environment (e.g., blue) is live and serving traffic, while the other (green) is idle and used for staging new updates. Once the updates are tested and validated in the green … Continue reading Blue-Green Deployments for Amazon ECS Fargate with CodeDeploy, Terraform, and GitHub Actions

Install and configure CloudWatch Logs agent on Amazon EC2 instance for Linux using user data

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Amazon CloudWatch Logs Agent is a software component installed on servers that allows Cloud Engineering teams to monitor and collect log files from the servers and applications in real time. It sends log data to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, where they can be analyzed, searched, and visualized, thus making it easier to troubleshoot issues and monitor … Continue reading Install and configure CloudWatch Logs agent on Amazon EC2 instance for Linux using user data