Terraform

I will admit that I’m quite a bit of a rookie when it comes to Terraform and the whole infrastructure as code scene but I’m learning. One of the most powerful tools I’ve found when trying to convert your current infrastructure into Terraform is the terraform import command. After too many times of doing an import and manually copying information from my state file, I felt there had to be a way to simplify Terraform import. Before diving into imports, make sure you have proper state file management set up, especially when working with teams or automated pipelines. ...

As I’ve been working with Terraform more and more these days, I felt that it would be a good idea to move away from some of my other hacked together solutions in favor of Terraform. My next logical step was to focus on kubernetes management with terraform and github actions. This idea builds upon my previous Using Github to Manage Kubernetes article. As I started down this path, I realized that I needed a way to manage my state file. This is why I thought it was important to tackle the configuration I posted in Managing Your Terraform State File. ...

I started messing with GitHub Actions a little more in my Using GitHub to Manage Kubernetes post. I also did some tinkering around with Terraform in my How to Use Terraform to Deploy a Python Script to AWS Lambda post. As I started messing with Terraform even more, I realized how cool it would be to merge Terraform and GitHub Actions. As I started to do this, I ran into the problem of how to manage Terraform state files. This appears to be a rather common problem too. ...