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weekly.tf - Issue #131 - Rethinking infrastructure as code from scratch, Terramate, DB Schema Management, setunion(), OIDC with Terraform Cloud, Veeam Backup on AWS, Pretty URLs with CloudFront functions, tfmake, modernisation-platform

July 26, 2023

Rethinking infrastructure as code from scratch

AB: Nathan Peck writes about infrastructure complexity and the current state of infrastructure as code. I found his thoughts very suitable for modern times, too. I also believe that Terraform can do a lot more to become a “more modern IaC tool”, and we are not forced to move to just another solution or tool to get more value.

nathanpeck.com/rethinking-infrastructure-as-code-from-scratch

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Other articles

Bridging the gap between IaC and Schema Management

Rotem Tamir explains how an open-source database schema management tool (Atlas) can be used together with Terraform to manage cloud infrastructure and database schema effectively.

atlasgo.io/blog/2023/07/19/bridging-the-gap-between-iac-and-schema-management

A misadventure with Terraform Sets & PagerDuty Schedules

How Terraform's setunion() disregards ordering and when you actually need to use it.

tratnayake.dev/a-misadventure-with-terraform-sets-pagerduty-schedules

Stop using IAM User Credentials with Terraform Cloud

Mark Wolfe describes the recommended approach to connect with Terraform Cloud using OpenID Connect (OIDC).

www.wolfe.id.au/2023/07/17/stop-using-iam-user-credentials-with-terraform-cloud

Secure Your AWS Environments with Terraform, Vault, and Veeam

Julia Furst Morgado provides a step-by-step guide to start using the Veeam Backup solution on AWS the right&secure way.

julia.hashnode.dev/secure-your-aws-environments-with-terraform-vault-and-veeam

Using CloudFront Functions to migrate ugly URLs to pretty URLs seamlessly

AB: Can be a handy solution, and it contains some code and a small Terraform snippet.

jrpospos.blog/posts/2023/06/using-cloudfront-functions-to-migrate-ugly-urls-to-pretty-urls-seamlessly

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Open-source projects

tfmake/tfmake

Automating Terraform with the power of make. AB: Handling dependencies between stacks with Terramate, Terragrunt, Terraspace is probably a better option. :)

github.com/tfmake/tfmake

ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform

A place for the core work of the Modernisation Platform. AB: Lots of good patterns to look into.

github.com/ministryofjustice/modernisation-platform

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