Explains the Terraform base64decode() function, its syntax, and provides practical examples for decoding base64-encoded strings.
Explains the Terraform basename() function for extracting file or directory names from paths, with examples for Linux and Windows.
Explains the abs() interpolation function in Terraform, including examples and implicit type conversion behavior.
A daily series exploring Terraform's built-in functions with practical examples and code on GitHub.
A technical guide on implementing AWS EC2 assume role functionality using Terraform to grant temporary access to S3 buckets.
A developer shares practical recommendations and lessons learned from using Terraform to provision Azure PaaS services, based on real-world experience.
Explains a common Terraform error with AWS Security Group rules in EC2 classic and provides the correct configuration using the security group name.
A guide to configuring Azure SQL Server's Automatic Tuning feature using PowerShell and direct REST API calls when standard modules are lacking.
First part of a series on setting up a CI/CD pipeline for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments targeting both Azure and Azure Stack.
Guide on using an ARM template to provision Azure IoT Hub with messaging configurations and a call to contribute to open source.
A collection of practical Terraform tips and lessons learned, covering AWS security groups, VPC configuration, and common pitfalls.
A guide on exporting Azure Resource Group templates as JSON for Infrastructure as Code, covering methods via Azure Portal, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
A developer's post-mortem on a Terraform outage and a guide on why and how to use separate tfstate files per environment.
A developer shares their initial two-week experience with Terraform, detailing the highs of versioned infrastructure and the lows of debugging and module refactoring.
Learn how to securely manage VM passwords using Azure Key Vault secrets in ARM templates, eliminating plaintext password risks.
Explores using Pester, a PowerShell testing framework, for operational validation tests in Windows Server 2016 as part of Infrastructure as Code.
A tutorial for setting up Puppet in standalone mode on Fedora 23, including writing manifests and Serverspec tests.
A technical guide on automating a two-tier Public Key Infrastructure setup using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).
Explains why Chef runs fail with authentication errors and provides a simple fix using the no_lazy_load setting.
A tutorial on using Packer.io's user variables and provisioners (file, shell) to build and configure virtual machines.
