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Issue #152 - terraform-docs and Quick Tip regarding AWS SCP whitespaces

December 20, 2023

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Articles 📚

terraform-docs

Lachlan White provides a couple of insights into how the terraform-docs tool can be implemented to simplify documentation standards for Terraform Modules and reduce the workload on engineers.

lachlanwhite.com/posts/terraform/terraform-docs

Quick Tip: Minimizing Terraformed SCPs

A post by Rami McCarthy explains that AWS Service Control Policies count whitespace towards character limit and how to deal with that. AB: Did you know that? I didn’t :)

ramimac.me/terraform-minimized-scps

AWS CDK vs Terraform

A comparison by Vignesh where the content was divided by sections like import, abstractions, preview changes, drift detections, learning curve, ease of maintenance, and more.

medium.com/@kansvignesh/aws-cdk-vs-terraform-738c39d91f7a

DevSecOps Approach with Terraform and CI/CD Pipelines

Bijit Ghosh touches on architectural patterns, provisioning secure infrastructure, policy enforcement, secrets management, compliance testing, security monitoring, and incident response.

medium.com/@bijit211987/devsecops-approach-with-terraform-and-ci-cd-pipelines-f556c2d5b40d

Open-source projects 🤩

schubergphilis/terraform-aws-mcaf-securityhub-findings-manager

Terraform module to suppress specific events from Security Hub based on a Dynamodb configuration.

github.com/schubergphilis/terraform-aws-mcaf-securityhub-findings-manager

plus3it/terraform-aws-ldap-maintainer

A step function to maintain LDAP users via Slack.

github.com/plus3it/terraform-aws-ldap-maintainer

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