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Issue #146 - (yet another) Comprehensive Guide to Testing in Terraform

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A Comprehensive Guide to Testing in Terraform: Keep your tests, validations, checks, and policies in order

The newest addition to testing and validating capabilities is the native Terraform testing framework. This feature, in combination with custom conditions, check blocks, and policies, allows for creating robust infrastructure-as-code.

mattias.engineer/posts/terraform-testing-and-validation

Elevating CloudWatch Logs: Smart Alerts with Chatbot, SNS, and Lambda

Louis describes a system of alerting for CloudWatch Logs using Lambda and AWS Chatbot service.

medium.com/@louis-fiori/cloudwatch-logs-enhanced-alerts-a50ea08d0845

Deep dive Atlantis

Diving into Atlantis internals: a tool to improve the Terraform workflow of a team using GitOps. AB: Yes, Atlantis is still alive.

medium.com/@alexandre.diasldev/en-deep-dive-atlantis-ba4111283e5

Terraforms Write-Plan-Apply but with Microsoft Bicep

How to run an infrastructure-as-code/devops pipeline with Azure Bicep that follows the Terraform write-plan-apply process.

medium.com/towards-data-engineering/terraforms-write-plan-apply-but-with-azure-bicep-d09fc3c7d1c3

Hidden Costs of Unoptimized Terraform Projects

Tim explores the consequences of unoptimized Terraform projects and why it is essential to mitigate these risks to scale confidently.

blog.terramate.io/hidden-costs-of-unoptimized-terraform-projects-23c8e350d325

Open-source projects 🤩

particuleio/teks

Full feature EKS cluster with Terragrunt/Terraform.

github.com/particuleio/teks

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