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weekly.tf - Issue #118 - Terraform Compiler Pattern, CI/CD with CodePipeline and GitHub, (Im)mutable Infrastructure, Import Azure resources, Terraform Compiance testing, terraglue, Terraform Jsonnet library

April 26, 2023

Terraform Compiler Pattern: A maintainable and scalable architecture for Terraform

AB: Lovely article to stretch your brain if you are brave enough to resurrect Jsonnet (don’t look at me… hehe) to gain some benefits when refactoring Terraform code. The author (Yoriyasu Yano) has expert knowledge of the landscape, so make sure to read his other posts and tools.

blog.fensak.io/terraform-compiler-pattern-79c7629e317e

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Other articles

Enabling CI/CD for microservices using AWS App Runner, Github, AWS CodePipeline, and Terraform

Implementing CI/CD for microservices using AWS App Runner, Github, AWS CodePipeline, and Terraform.

blog.playgroundtech.io/enabling-ci-cd-for-microservices-using-aws-app-runner-github-aws-codepipeline-and-terraform-a6dcc208c9a4

(Im)mutable Infrastructure and Terraform

TL;DR, Moving away from count to for_each meta-argument for iterated resources will not miraculously solve all your problems.

medium.com/@migara/im-mutable-infrastructure-and-terraform-f50e78de0912

Importing All the Existing Azure Resources From a Resource Group into Terraform State

AB: The post describes the usage of aztfexport tool. Looks pretty handy for Azure users.

medium.com/@yamchi/importing-all-the-existing-azure-resources-from-a-resource-group-into-terraform-state-eb410af8c6c6

Terraform IaaC Compliance testing

AB: This is a quick look into terraform-compliance tool.

medium.com/@dd.deepak06/terraform-iaac-compliance-testing-487f3b86b1af

Open-source projects

ThiagoPanini/terraglue

Providing an easy way to deploy a Glue job in any AWS account using Terraform.

github.com/ThiagoPanini/terraglue

tf-libsonnet/core

Terraform Jsonnet library. Read the blog post at the top of this newsletter.

github.com/tf-libsonnet/core

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