Lessons with tag: terraform
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Terraform Install: Recommended Way
August 12, 2022
We'll show how to install terraform.
Terraform Install Docs: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli
tfenv: https://github.com/tfutils/tfenv
5:49
free lesson
AWS CloudFormation High-Level Introduction
August 3, 2022
In this introduction we'll talk about what CloudFormation is at a high-level. Note, video is more theoretical than practical hands-on like most other videos. It's quite useful though for those who are just getting started.
We'll provide backgroun...
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Terraform templatefile vs template_file: Which One To Use
August 3, 2022
Covers the 2 similarly named templatefile vs template_file and walks through a demo of both.
Summary
template_file is a data source. No longer recommended by Hashicorp.
templatefile is a built-in function. More powerful and cleaner syntax. Use...
9:03
free lesson
Terraform AWS EC2 Instance: Plan, Apply, Destroy
July 26, 2022
We'll cover how to create a simple EC2 instance resource throughly. We'll go through the commands:
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply
terraform destroy
More importantly, we'll cover the difference between an update-in-place vs an apply...
9:39
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Terraform S3 Backend: How To Configure Tutorial
July 26, 2022
We'll show how to configure an terraform s3 backend. We'll do a deep dive and inspect what terraform is actually creating in the dynamodb tables and s3 bucket. We'll also talk a little bit about the naming convention for bucket and key path.
Git...
7:05
Terraform Intro: What is Terraform?
July 24, 2022
We'll explain what Terraform is. For context, we'll provide a high level overview of:
Infrastructure Orchestration Space: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, Google Deployment Manager
Configuration Management Space: Chef, Salt
HCL...
10:44
Terraspace Cost Estimation: A Few Examples with $1,287/mo EC2 Example and Different EKS Clusters
July 22, 2022
We'll review the Terraspace Cost Estimation instructions and then do something fun. We'll see what some of the example modules from the Terraform Registry costs. The cost estimates 🤣
ec2: $8.39/mo
complete ec2 example: $1,287/mo 😱
ecs-spot: $141...
12:31
Terraspace Getting Started with Google Cloud
January 9, 2022
We'll go through the Getting Started guide with Google Cloud. We’ll go through the Getting Started guide with Google Cloud. We'll create a GCS bucket and delete it with Terraspace and Terraform.
Links:
Terraspace Docs: Google Cloud Getting Star...
9:50
Terraspace Getting Started with Azure Cloud
January 9, 2022
We'll go through the Getting Started guide with Azure Cloud. It we'll create an Azure storage account, update it, and destroy it.
Links:
Terraspace Docs: Azure Cloud Getting Started
12:26
Terraspace Getting Started with AWS
January 9, 2022
We’ll go through the Terraspace Getting Started guide with AWS. We'll generate a new Terraspace project with an s3 bucket example. Deploy it, updated it, and learn how Terraspace works.
Links:
Terraspace Docs: AWS Getting Started
11:55
Terraspace v1 Release
January 8, 2022
Terraspace v1 has been released.
I'll cover the Terraspace v1 release highlights. Talk about how the new features work. Will also lightly cover some of the hoops that had jumped through to implement them. 🤣
Highlights
Non-cloud provider suppo...
7:41
EKS: Self-Managed Nodes vs Managed Node Group vs AWS Fargate
January 6, 2022
We'll cover the different EKS Nodes and what they mean. Essentially, EKS manages Kubernetes-as-a-Service but this mainly means the Kubernetes control plane. You still need to provide compute nodes to your EKS cluster so they have the capacity to ...
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Terraspace Secrets with AWS: Don’t Commit Secrets into Git, Instead Use SSM and Secrets Manager
January 4, 2022
Committing secrets into your source version control is not a good practice. We'll show you how to use AWS SecretsManager and SSM Parameter Store to store and use secrets safely instead.
Commands
In the video, to focus on learning, we mainly use ...
7:57
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Terragrunt to Terraspace: The Migration Concepts
December 17, 2021
Covers essential concepts you'll need to know if you're considering going to Terraspace from Terragrunt. Understanding these concepts is the key to helping you migrate.
Links:
Terraspace Docs: Terraspace vs Terragrunt
Community post: Migrating ...
6:05
Terragrunt to Terraspace: The Step by Step Migration Guide
December 14, 2021
We'll take you through a full migration of a simple Terragrunt project to a Terraspace project. You'll be able to run terragrunt apply and terraspace up and see no changes. This allows you to test things out incrementally.
This unique approach o...
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The Best Terraform Statefile Approach Recommendation
December 14, 2021
Explain why think the best Terraform state file approach is a stack-env scoped approach. We'll go over the evolution process, IE: pain and suffering, that folks usually go through before arriving at the same conclusions.
This approach is actually...
5:38
Terraspace Azure MySQL Database with azurerm_mysql_server Terraform Resource
November 29, 2021
We'll build an Azure MySQL Database with Terraspace and the azurerm_mysql_server Terraform resource. We'll build the project from scratch.
Links:
Terraform Docs: azurerm_mysql_server
Github Repo: boltops-learn/terraspace-azure-mysql-database
7:54
free lesson
Terraspace Azure Linux Virtual Machine with the Terraform Registry Module
November 29, 2021
We'll build an Azure Linux Virtual Machine with a module from the Terraform Registry.
Links:
Terraform Registry Module: boltops-tools/linux-virtual-machine
Github Repo: boltops-tools/terraform-azure-linux-virtual-machine
6:07
free lesson
Terraspace Azure Network with the Terraform Registry Module
November 28, 2021
We'll build an Azure Network with a module from the Terraform Registry.
Links:
Terraform Registry Module: boltops-tools/network
Github Repo: boltops-tools/terraform-azure-network
6:09
free lesson
Terraspace Google Managed Instance Group with the Terraform Registry Module
November 26, 2021
We'll build a Google Managed Instance Group with the Terraform Registry module. One of the few times, where couldn't find a good module on the registry so rolled my own for the demo.
Links:
Terraform Registry Module: boltops-tools/instance-grou...
6:26
Terraform Registry EKS Module Code Review and Summary
November 20, 2021
We'll review and quickly figure out what the Terraform Registry EKS module creates by using grep.
Useful greps
grep '^resource' modules/fargate/*.tf
grep '^resource' modules/node_groups/*.tf
grep '^resource' *.tf
grep '^module "' *.tf
Links:
T...
3:54
free lesson
Terraspace Google Network with the Terraform Registry Module
November 16, 2021
We'll build a Google Network with the popular Terraform Network Module
Links:
GitHub: boltops-learn/terraspace-google-network-registry
5:11
free lesson
Terraspace: Google Network with google_compute_network Terraform Resource
November 16, 2021
We'll build a Google Network with basic terraform resource components.
Links:
GitHub: boltops-learn/terraspace-google-network
terraform google_compute_network
terraform google_compute_subnetwork
terraform google_compute_router_nat
8:16
Terraform Registry: Navigating and Module Structure
October 2, 2021
We'll learn about the Terraform Registry and show you how to navigate through it. We'll also cover basic module structure.
Links:
Terraspace Registry
9:01
free lesson
Terrafile Introduction: Centrally Manage Terraform Modules
August 25, 2021
We'll cover the introductory concepts for the Terraspace Terrafile. The Terrafile approach simplifies managing Terraform module versions. The advantage of using a Terrafile is centralization. You centrally define, manage, and update modules. No ...
7:30
BoltOps Tools
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Terraspace: The Terraform Framework
It provides an organized structure, conventions over configurations, keeps your code DRY, and adds convenient tooling. Terraspace makes working with Terraform easier and more fun.
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Jets: The Ruby Serverless Framework
Ruby on Jets allows you to create and deploy serverless services with ease, and to seamlessly glue AWS services together with the most beautiful dynamic language: Ruby. It includes everything you need to build an API and deploy it to AWS Lambda. Jets leverages the power of Ruby to make serverless joyful for everyone.
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AWS CodeBuild Tool
Cody is a AWS CodeBuild management tool. Cody simplifies creating and managing AWS CodeBuild projects. Comes with a powerful DSL.
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Lono: The CloudFormation Framework
Building infrastructure-as-code is challenging. Lono makes it much easier and fun. It includes everything you need to manage and deploy infrastructure-as-code.
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Kubes: Kubernetes Deployment Tool
Kubes is a Kubernetes Deployment Tool. It builds the docker image, creates the Kubernetes YAML, and runs kubectl apply. It automates the deployment process and saves you precious finger-typing energy.