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Issue #180 - Mastering Terraform Workflows, Terraform Development Pipeline, AzApi, WAF Capacity Limits, CloudFront/S3/Cognito, Mermaid diagrams

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Mastering Terraform Workflows: apply-before-merge vs apply-after-merge

Sören Martius explains the two main Terraform and OpenTofu workflows: apply-before-merge and apply-after-merge. You will learn why apply-after-merge is likely the better choice.

terramate.io/rethinking-iac/mastering-terraform-workflows-apply-before-merge-vs-apply-after-merge

Terraform Development Pipeline

Markus Kraus highlights that the purpose of a development pipeline is to deploy with confidence and, therefore, at high frequencies. AB: Covering CI/CD steps with tflint, pre-commit-terraform, GitHub Actions, etc.

mycloudrevolution.com/2024/05/23/terraform-development-pipeline

Let’s Do DevOps: Make Tofu/Terraform More Failure Tolerant with AzApi Provider!

Kyler Middleton describes how the AzApi provider can help ”extend” the functionality of the native Azure provider and Terraform.

medium.com/@kymidd/lets-do-devops-make-tofu-terraform-more-failure-tolerant-with-azapi-provider-a14e0fa9c5a9?sk=565cf43a1867c8240c475566e9f9842e

Handling AWS WAF Capacity Limits with Terraform

Mukul Sharma guides us through understanding Web ACL Capacity Units (WCUs), checking capacity using AWS CLI, and integrating this process into your Terraform workflow to ensure smooth deployments.

dev.to/mukulsharma/handling-aws-waf-capacity-limits-with-terraform-1741

Host Website with Terraform using CloudFront, S3, and Authentication via AWS Cognito

Rasanpreet Singh describes hosting a website and protecting it with Cognito (authentication service by AWS).

awstip.com/static-website-with-terraform-using-cloudfront-s3-and-authentication-via-aws-cognito-c477734daa8b

Open-source projects 🤩

RoseSecurity/Terramaid

A utility for generating Mermaid diagrams from Terraform plans

github.com/RoseSecurity/Terramaid

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