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Create an Amazon Managed Grafana dashboard using Terraform and Azure Pipelines

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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

Create Azure DevOps iterations using PowerShell

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The last two weeks of December are when I start planning for the following year. I use Azure DevOps to track my work -break down goals into features, features into user stories, which I map into sprints. Creating iterations and adding them to projects is something that anyone can automate. I learned that from Vinicius … Continue reading Create Azure DevOps iterations using PowerShell

CI/CD of Terraform workspace with YAML based Azure Pipelines

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This note focuses on using Azure DevOps with Terraform workspace to automate the ideas discussed in the previous two notes (i) CI/CD using Terraform and Azure Pipelines -ideation and (ii) Terraform workspace with multiple AWS accounts. If you are new to Azure DevOps, I would suggest you familiarize yourself with either Azure DevOps build and … Continue reading CI/CD of Terraform workspace with YAML based Azure Pipelines

Exploring Azure Pipelines, Terraform, and Powershell

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As of this writing [Feb 2021], if you've used the Terraform extension from Microsoft DevLabs, you'd have noticed that there is support for only a small set of Terraform commands out of the box. These are "init", "validate", "plan", "validate and apply", and "destroy". But Terraform has many commands: fmt, import, output, show, taint, workspace, … Continue reading Exploring Azure Pipelines, Terraform, and Powershell

Azure Pipelines (YAML) and Terraform to provision AWS S3

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In my previous note, [Azure DevOps and Terraform to provision AWS S3], I listed in detail the steps to be followed to provision an S3 bucket using Azure DevOps and Terraform. I referred to the classic editor in the build definition/azure pipelines. Build and release definitions declared via a classic editor in Azure DevOps, although … Continue reading Azure Pipelines (YAML) and Terraform to provision AWS S3

Variables in Classic Editor of Azure Pipelines (Azure DevOps)

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There are three types of variables while working with Azure Pipelines in Azure DevOps: -predefined variables, -variables declared/stored in build and release definitions (pipelines), and - variables declared/stored in variable groups in libraries. Microsoft has in-depth info about predefined variables at AzureDevOps Pipeline Variables. In this note, I discuss the other two types of variables. … Continue reading Variables in Classic Editor of Azure Pipelines (Azure DevOps)