Terraform is the industry standard for infrastructure provisioning. One of its core strengths is its capability to abstract all APIs into a common interface through its DSL. The software plugin which brokers these APIs to the Terraform DSL is a provider. Normally, the Go language bindings will further broker between the provider and the API.
Jenkins Pipeline is the industry standard for developing pipelines to automate workflows, integrations, and deployments. In this article, we will explore an end-to-end pipeline that begins with building a Docker image for an application, and ends with deploying it to a Kubernetes cluster.
The upgrade from Terraform 0.11 to 0.12 contains numerous backwards incompatible changes, new features, and new best practices. Organizations are searching for assistance in how to minimize breaking changes, embrace the new features, and reduce technical debt. Learn how Shadow-Soft can help.
Ansible is a fantastic automation software tool, but automation is even better when it is running as fast as it can. These tips will help you significantly speed up your Ansible development, testing, and execution, so you can make better use of your time, including getting back to sleep for those always popular overnight pages.