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  • weekly.tf - Issue #134 - The future of Terraform must be open, Private Terraform modules in GitHub Actions, Terraform Provider Debugging, Decluttering your Terraform code using for_each, Terraform drift, AWS SSO with Terraform and Terragrunt, How to manage unsupported AWS services, Terraform stacks in Rust, Balcony to ease terraform import

weekly.tf - Issue #134 - The future of Terraform must be open, Private Terraform modules in GitHub Actions, Terraform Provider Debugging, Decluttering your Terraform code using for_each, Terraform drift, AWS SSO with Terraform and Terragrunt, How to manage unsupported AWS services, Terraform stacks in Rust, Balcony to ease terraform import

The future of Terraform must be open!

The post describes Gruntwork’s plan and pledges to keep Terraform open source. Read this to understand the implication of the licensing change introduced by HashiCorp 10th of August 2023.

blog.gruntwork.io/the-future-of-terraform-must-be-open-ab0b9ba65bca

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Terraform Provider Debugging: A step-by-step guide

Excellent overview with lots of details by Narinder Kaur Makkar!

medium.com/@narinderkaurmakkar1/terraform-provider-debugging-a-step-by-step-guide-8c6d771637a1

Learn how to utilize Terraform modules from a different repository through GitHub Actions

The post explains how to authenticate the GitHub Actions runner to access Terraform modules hosted in private repositories.

medium.com/@olwethuphakade89/learn-how-to-utilize-terraform-modules-from-a-different-repository-through-github-actions-15cd74e94cf1

Decluttering your Terraform code using for_each

How to Marie Kondo your Terraform code. TIL: Marie Kondo = joy-centering philosophy and unique tidying method :)

jrpospos.blog/posts/2023/07/decluttering-your-terraform-code-using-for_each

Terraform Drift: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Black Swan

dragondrop.cloud/2023/08/10/terraform-drift-the-bad-the-ugly-and-the-black-swan

AWS Single Sign-on, Terraform and Terragrunt

Use AWS Identity Center Single Sign-on to seamlessly and securely deploy Terraform and Terragrunt from your local development machine. The post describes how to set things up.

levelup.gitconnected.com/aws-single-sign-on-terraform-and-terragrunt-a8c22bb7cfa8

Workaround for Amazon Lex V2 with Terraform

Unleashing the Power of Amazon Lex V2 with Terraform: Overcoming Limitations and Ingenious Workarounds. AB: The post describes options when you want to deal with AWS service which is not available in Terraform AWS provider yet.

aws.plainenglish.io/workaround-for-amazon-lex-v2-with-terraform-87d87b808129

OpenTF Foundation

The OpenTF Foundation. Supporting an impartial, open, and community-driven Terraform.

opentf.org

Open-source projects

andrewbaxter/terrars

Terrars is a tool for building Terraform stacks in Rust. This is an alternative to the CDK.

github.com/andrewbaxter/terrars

oguzhan-yilmaz/balcony

A CLI tool for easy AWS API reads. It also generates Terraform import-blocks, and actual Terraform Resource code.

github.com/oguzhan-yilmaz/balcony

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