Prodspec and Annealing - Intent-based actuation for Google Production — www.usenix.org

AB: This is not entirely related to Terraform but it can be a good evening reading if you think that you've reached the potential constraints of Terraform (e.g. existence of state file) and looking for some orchestrator or workflow engine to perform deployments. Google treated workflows like pets but now a large part of the production management is intent-based.

Supply Chain Attack as Code — sprocketfox.io

AB: Hacking through Terraform Modules is possible. It is a question of time before we hear the big news in the public. Use verified modules from the Terraform Registry and pin the version to be safer.

Deploy a serverless Telegram bot to AWS using Terraform — advancedweb.hu

A step-by-step guide on getting started with Telegram bot development by Tamás Sallai. The source code is here.

Terraform Foundations Course — www.youtube.com

This is a 2-hour crash course on Terraform by Derek Morgan.

Open-source projects

Do any companies/projects publish their Terraform code publicly?

Check out this thread to discover 10+ links to Terraform code open-sourced by companies. For e.g., govuk-infrastructure.

Pix4D/terravalet — github.com

A tool to help with some Terraform operations in an early development phase.

Q&A with HashiCorp co-founders

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